<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): Watch out for traffic disruption along Jalan Tun Razak until July 9 next year.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>This is especially so if you are travelling southbound on that road as an elevated carriageway is being constructed in the vicinity.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>According to Naza Engineering &amp; Construction Sdn Bhd, the traffic management plan would affect Jalan Langgak Golf to Bulatan Kampung Pandan (via Jalan Tun Razak) and Jalan Bukit Bintang heading to Jalan Tun Razak (towards Bulatan Kampung Pandan).</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The company advised motorists to look out for signage put up. Personnel from the Naza Project Emergency Response Team would be stationed at “strategic points” to direct traffic.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em>The Star</em>’s Metro News reported that “motorists heading towards Bulatan Kampung Pandan from Jalan Raja Chulan or Jalan Bukit Bintang are advised to make a detour via Jalan Imbi or head north on Jalan Tun Razak and make a U-turn near Menara Tabung Haji before taking the underpass”.</p></div>

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KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): Watch out for traffic disruption along Jalan Tun Razak until July 9 next year.

This is especially so if you are travelling southbound on that road as an elevated carriageway is being constructed in the vicinity.

According to Naza Engineering & Constr...

Partial closure on Jalan Tun Razak owing to elevated road works

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