SHAH ALAM, Nov 4 — Pre-dawn flash floods forced the emergency closure of critical sections along the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) and the North-South Expressway Central Link (ELITE) near Shah Alam today, crippling morning peak-hour commutes across the central Klang Valley.

According to highway concessionaire PLUS Malaysia Bhd, all lanes at NKVE Km 9.1 between Shah Alam and Subang remained completely closed in both directions as of 9.04am.

To relieve mounting traffic queues, highway operators are diverting northbound traffic from Bukit Raja through the Setia Alam Toll Plaza, while southbound motorists from Subang are being channelled onto the ELITE highway.

Access from the Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) towards the Shah Alam Toll Plaza also remained impassable this morning. However, traffic conditions saw partial relief after all lanes at the Shah Alam interchange along the ELITE highway, heading from Seafield towards Setia Alam, were reopened to traffic at 6.43am under cautious driving advisories.