It looks like the proposed Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) still has to iron out some issues before it receives full approval from the Selangor state government – according to The Sun, highway concessionaire Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings (Prolintas) will submit design plans for a new alignment for the expressway after a group of residents in Damansara Perdana raised concerns over the current alignment.
The move, Selangor chief minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said, was made after discussions with the Works Ministry, the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) and Prolintas, following the residents’ protestations. “I hope the federal government will take into account the residents’ views on the last alignment of the highway, which passes through Damansara Perdana, LLM and Prolintas,” he said.
Azmin added that Prolintas has submitted a new alignment for the highway’s last phase, in order to gather feedback from residents and stakeholders.
The state government confirmed via its state planning committee that the entry line to DASH was implemented into the Shah Alam City Council’s (MBSA) Shah Alam Local Plan, Amendment 2, 2020 on February 10 last year.
This drew objections from a group of residents from Mutiara Damansara and Damansara Perdana called Say No To Dash (SNTD), who previously protested against the construction of the expressway on December 16, 2014. The then-current alignment, according to the initial construction plan, was claimed to pass through the densely-populated Damansara Perdana, Kota Damansara and Mutiara Damansara areas.
Issues between the developer and SNTD have yet to be resolved by LLM, The Sun‘s report stated, and Selangor has yet to approve the construction of any other highway. In addition, while Azmin is said to have not made a stand against the highway’s construction, he noted that the building of more highways in Selangor is not the “absolute solution” in rectifying the state’s traffic congestion woes.
Hence, Azmin said that Selangor is looking at more sustainable ways to ease traffic flow, including the construction of the LRT3 line – it’s said that the route will transport some 70,000 passengers a day from Bandar Utama to Jalan Johar if the project is completed by 2020.
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I vote for the contruction of DASH. I don’t really care about the resident’s protest. Because they can always wake up earlier to avoid the traffic.
Hmmmmm….how many more tolls we need to pay in Klang Valley then in next 5 years then? LRT and KTM has already increasing their fares without consent to the public concern tho GST was implemented to save our economic crunch? Looks like we need to walk or cycling to work or school to save our pennies plus dunno an idiot saying that we need to wake up early to beat the rush and avoid paying tolls…sigh.
This toll is approved by PR. So its halal jangan persoal
Dear John or whatever you are,
This project was approved Azmin Ali, not PR because these hungry horses (BN) who persuaded him to approved it provided he will get some perks somehow. Do your homework first before you spill it out, red shirts!
But they are on the same team. Can just ignore the highway and dont put (highway / toll) at all. But no.. he is somehow powerless even though he has the final say.
Both sides are the same, just that most people are sheeps to them, blindly following them.
Bila dua dua belas dasar hipokrit. Ini la hasilnya.
Same boat? Well, how unfortunately he created new DEIG without consulting with PR members and thus affirming that issue would not be happen just….i’m not gonna buy his fairy tale stories anyway. Enuf is enuf.
No need for more highways. If government going to charge expensive toll rate.
Toll is approved by PR. So its halal jangan persoal your overlords.
Hi guys , please discuss this matter accompanied by strong evidence, do not be eager to fight without study and think rationally.
Benefits of DASH
1. As an alternative route for Persiaran Surian at Kota Damansara which has capped its road capacity.
2. The rapid development along Shah Alam and Jalan Batu Arang corridors require an additional road capacity.
3. As Subang Airport becomes the main low cost carrier terminal in 2015, DASH will become an alternative and easier route to the airport.
4. It will act as a link between east and west of Klang Valley by crossing over NKVE and linking existing highways namely GCE, LDP and SPRINT.
5. RRIM’s development in the area is expected to increase population by 300,000 which will cause congestion to the existing routes. DASH will be a solution to this problem.
DASH is an excuse for Prolintas to add more mullah to its coffer. And they dont care about others so long they get what they want i.e. more money.
All that projected traffic flow going to Prolintas’s Penchala Link with the RM3 toll (after the tunnel). What a brilliant ‘coincidence’.
The only proper solution is for DASH to go UNDERGROUND after the proposed Mutiara Damansara toll plaza until it meet LDP and Penchala Link.
Its will be costlier, but the Shah Alam, Subang Bestari, Kwasa Damansara folks should pay for that. They get their DASH highway and people living in Kota Damansara, Mutiara Damansara, Damansara Perdana etc get their peace of mind. Fair and square.
And Prolintas win no matter what. GREAT.
Been reading this circus for quite a while. Just build it right up to NKVE la, exit Kota Damansara…. Still get to Kl right? Still can go Damansara right? It seems to me the whole plan is to connect toll plazas rather true connectivity and ease congestion in Shah Alam.
The Shah Alam section of DASH already approved thus can start construction, while waiting for Petaling section’s alignment.
The working class in Shah Alam areas has suffered enough for the last 10 years, with no solution in sight.
Azmin said “highway is not the absolute solution”, then what is? you also not going to build MRT/LRT passing that area, are you?. Nothing gets built by Azmin/Azizah leadership, while the state’s economic growth suffered.
PR made unrealistic election promises like ‘no more tolls’ — then this is your opportunity to prove that you could build highway with no tolls, try funding this with your creativity — I dare you!
bodohs like yourself dont understand that promises were made on the basis that PR formed the federal gov.
since voters did not elect them to the federal gov, so how the heck are they suppose to fulfill their promises ?