KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5 -- Highway concessionaire AFA Prime Berhad has activated its Travel Time Advisory for the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KLK) and the East Coast Expressway Phase 1 (LPT1) ahead of an anticipated holiday traffic surge for Deepavali.

The staggered travel schedule aims to ease bottlenecks across the arterial eastern corridor, particularly at the high-volume Gombak, Bentong, and Jabor toll plazas that link the Klang Valley to Pahang, Terengganu, and Kelantan.

Under its "Smart Travel" roadmap, the operator has segmented recommended departure windows by state destination to distribute traffic evenly across peak holiday dates.

For outbound journeys from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor on Saturday, Nov 7, motorists passing through ...