Litrak, the concessionaire of the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP), has announced that it will be introducing a temporary traffic scheme at the SS2 interchange on the expressway, beginning from October 1. Set to run for three months, the new flow is aimed at studying the possibility of improving traffic flow in the area.
Currently, the traffic light junction at the interchange is saturated and is extremely heavy during peak hours, with queues reaching up to almost 600 metres on certain approaches to the junction. Litrak says that at present, the Level of Service (LOS) – a classifiable measure of the quality of traffic service – is rated at F, effectively gridlock due to more demand than capacity.
The short-term scheme, jointly initiated by Litrak, the Malaysian Highway Authority and Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya, will see access to the LDP towards Kelana Jaya from the slip road coming from Jalan SS2/75 being blocked off to traffic, and reduce the current three-phase signalised system to a two-phase one.
Motorists heading towards Kelana Jaya from Jalan SS2/75 can turn left into SS2/66, then head right into SS2/55 before turning left into the LDP. During the period, signage, buntings and banners will be posted along the LDP, Jalan SS2/75, SS2/66 and SS2/55 to guide traffic users.
Litrak adds that it is expecting the measure to reduce the swell of traffic around the area and improve the LOS from F to D during peak periods, with a reduction of around 10-40% in queue length. As with any new traffic flow schemes, the company says it will take some time before road users become familiar with and adjust to the new flow, which it says will benefit more than 55,000 users.
The concessionaire welcomes feedback from road users regarding the new scheme during the trial period in order to gauge its effectiveness. Aside from the SS2 interchange, the concessionaire is also looking at implementing similar traffic schemes at the Taman Megah interchange (estimated to be carried out in December), Bandar Utama and Jalan Majlis.
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At least some observation and planning activities within the municipality. Kipidap!
inb4 how much money spent for study. Oh wait, this is Party Hard. Cannot persoal wan.
Good observation by Litrak and great to see them working closely with the relevant authorities. At least they don’t buta-buta ambil toll. Only flaw with Litrak is their LDP and Sprint are full of faulty streetlights. Hope they’ll fix the lights
The problem is not from there but from ss2 turning to LDP! That blockage make thing worst as now if you turn out from public bank you have to turn into the chow yang in order to go LDP and make thing worst where the chow yang going out will be worst than ever
It could make some difference but the main issue we have here is people trying to cut in from SS2/55 to LDP. People could not wait in line or just forcefully cut in to the lane to turn into LDP. I hope they could do something about that then just trying to seal one side to see how the traffic flow would change.
build kidex! kidex is the solution.
I foresee that there will be more cars who will try to illegally cut from Jalan SS2/75 into LDP, which is already happening when there is heavy traffic. Litrak should add in a barrier to stop drivers from doing so.