14 Roads In Putrajaya To Close For Merdeka Rehearsals & Parade From 26 To 31 August
More than 100,000 visitors are expected to attend this year's parade.
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A total of 14 main roads in Putrajaya will be closed from 26 to 29 August to accommodate rehearsals for Malaysia's 68th Hari Kebangsaan parade
According to Bernama, Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said the roads will be closed from 6am to 12pm on each of these three days.
The affected roads are:
– Lebuh Wawasan/Persiaran Perdana
– Jalan Tun Razak/Lebuh Bestari
– Jalan Tun Razak/Jalan P2K
– Jalan Tun Razak/Jalan Pembangunan
– Jalan Tun Razak/Jalan P3C
– Jalan Tun Razak/Jalan P3F
– Jalan Tun Razak/Jalan Kemerdekaan
– Lebuh Setia/Jalan Perpaduan
– Lebuh Saujana/Persiaran Perdana
– Lebuh Setia/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Jalan Kemerdekaan/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Jalan Pembangunan/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Lebuh Bestari/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Dataran Putra/Persiaran Perdana

Meanwhile, all roads leading to the Putrajaya Core Island will be fully closed for the parade from 10pm on 29 August until 31 August
Those roads will be:
– Lingkaran Putrajaya/Jambatan Saujana
– Lebuh Sentosa/Lebuh Wawasan
– Lebuh Wawasan traffic light/Jambatan Wawasan
– Lebuh Sentosa turnoff/Lebuh Wawasan
– Lebuh Wawasan traffic light/Jalan P8H
– Salahuddin Roundabout/Dataran Perdana
– Lebuh Bestari traffic light/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Jalan Pembangunan traffic light/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Jalan Kemerdekaan traffic light-P18/ Jalan Tun Hussein
– Lebuh Setia traffic light/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Lebuh Saujana traffic light/Jalan Tun Hussein
– Lingkaran Gemilang Satu traffic light/ Persiaran Perdana
– Lebuh Gemilang traffic light/Persiaran Perdana–Jambatan Gemilang
– Lebuh Sentosa/Jambatan Saujana

More than 100,000 visitors are expected to attend this year's National Day parade
The police chief advised the public to plan their journeys early, arrive ahead of time, and make use of the free shuttle bus service, which will run every 15 minutes from three different locations to Dataran Putrajaya.
He added that 2,708 officers and personnel will be deployed to ensure security and manage traffic during the celebrations.


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