Heavy departure traffic at Woodlands Checkpoint on Sept 5, tailback from Malaysia9月5日，兀兰关卡出境车流拥挤，马来西亚方向出现车龙。
The September school holidays are here, so is the jam on the Causeway.In a social media post at 9.36am, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said there is currently heavy departure traffic at Woodlands Checkpoint, adding that it is due to tailback from Malaysia.Checks on the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) traffic cameras at 9.45am show that the jam stretches along...
The September school holidays are here, so is the jam on the Causeway.
In a social media post at 9.36am, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said there is currently heavy departure traffic at Woodlands Checkpoint, adding that it is due to tailback from Malaysia.
Checks on the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) traffic cameras at 9.45am show that the jam stretches along the entire Causeway.
However, traffic on Woodlands Crossing and Woodlands Flyover is observed to be smooth.
ICA also advised travellers to expect delays and to check traffic conditions before embarking on their journey.
Heavy traffic expected during Sept school holidays
On Aug 31, ICA had said that heavy traffic is expected at both Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints during the September school holidays from Sept 4 to Sept 15.
In its advisory then, the authority highlighted that security checks have been stepped up at all checkpoints since Feb 28 — when US and Israel struck Iran — due to the heightened global security environment.
"Travellers should therefore expect longer waiting time during peak travel periods," it said.
High traffic also expected on Malaysia's highways
In an advisory dated Aug 26, PLUS Malaysia — the country's largest highway operator — said traffic is expected to be heavy on its highways , between Sept 4 and 7.
This is due to the increase in travel demand over the school holiday period.
The operator estimates that about 2.2 million vehicles would ply its highways daily during this period.
It advised highway users to plan ahead by referring to the MyPLUS-TTA (travel time advisory) digital schedule available on the PLUS app.
"Highway users are advised to follow the recommended travel schedule, as the suggested travel times are based on expected traffic patterns from previous festive seasons and peak travel periods," the operator said.
九月学校假期到了，堤道上也开始堵车了。
上午 9 点 36 分，移民与关卡局 (ICA) 在社交媒体上发帖称，兀兰关卡目前出境交通拥堵严重，原因是马来西亚方面出现拥堵。
上午 9 点 45 分，陆路交通管理局 (LTA) 的交通摄像头显示，拥堵路段绵延整个新柔长堤。
然而，据观察，兀兰十字路口和兀兰高架桥的交通状况良好。
ICA还建议旅客做好延误准备，并在出发前查看交通状况。
预计九月学校假期期间交通拥堵
8月31日，移民与关卡局表示，9月4日至9月15日学校假期期间，兀兰关卡和图阿斯关卡预计都会出现交通拥堵。
该机构当时在其公告中强调，由于全球安全环境加剧，自 2 月 28 日美国和以色列袭击伊朗以来，所有检查站的安全检查都已加强。
“因此，旅客在出行高峰期应做好等待时间延长的准备。”声明中写道。
预计马来西亚高速公路也将出现交通拥堵。
马来西亚最大的高速公路运营商PLUS Malaysia在8月26日发布的公告中表示，预计9月4日至7日期间，其高速公路上的交通将十分拥堵。
这是由于学校假期期间出行需求增加所致。
运营商估计，在此期间，每天将有约 220 万辆汽车行驶在其高速公路上。
它建议高速公路使用者提前规划行程，参考 PLUS 应用程序上的 MyPLUS-TTA（出行时间建议）数字时刻表。
“建议高速公路使用者遵循推荐的出行时间表，因为建议的出行时间是根据以往节假日和出行高峰期的预期交通模式制定的，”运营商表示。