The East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) has been launched at this time by Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, with works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. The Part 1 alignment of the freeway will probably be open to public from 6am tomorrow, August 30, 2025, and passage alongside the freeway will probably be toll-free from its opening till 11:59pm, September 29, 2025.
The EKVE is a dual-carriageway with two lanes in every route, and consists of 4 interchanges. These are the Sungai Lengthy interchange, Bandar Mahkota Cheras interchange, Hulu Langat interchange and the Ampang interchange. The freeway additionally options 4 toll plazas and two lay-bys.
This freeway employs a closed-toll system, and every of the 4 toll plazas is provided with radio frequency identification (RFID) and automated quantity plate recognition (ANPR) methods, in step with plans for the longer term implementation of multi-lane quick circulate (MLFF) freeway operation sooner or later, mentioned LLM.
This freeway alignment is a part of the Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Highway (KLORR) that goals to disperse site visitors across the fringes of the Klang Valley with out requiring motorists to enter the town centre, in keeping with the Malaysian Freeway Authority (LLM). That is anticipated to shorten journey occasions from Ampang to Kajang to twenty minutes in comparison with presently obtainable routes, LLM added.
The opening of this freeway alignment presents motorists a better different route from Kajang and Semenyih to Hulu Langat, Bandar Mahkota Cheras and Ampang, and vice versa. This additionally offers connectivity to the Kajang-Silk Freeway and the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) on Jalan Ampang, LLM acknowledged.
Part 1 of the EKVE is comprised of 16.8 km of the principle carriageway and eight.4 km of connecting roads for the 4 interchanges, starting on the Sungai Lengthy interchange and ending on the Ampang interchange. The 2 lay-bys are situated in Hulu Langat, and services supplied embrace surau, bathrooms, meals vehicles and RFID fitment centres.
Part 2, which can join the Part 1 path to Ukay Perdana, is presently beneath energetic improvement and it’ll full the total 39 km route as specified by the unique improvement plan, Nanta mentioned.
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