If you’re a daily user of the Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar (formerly Lebuhraya Mahameru), you’ll be needing to find an alternative travel route in the coming week – the portion of the highway affected by cracks and soil settlement will remain closed for a week, The Star reports.
The stretch, which is just after the Jalan Damansara-Jalan Parliament turn-off, was closed at 8 pm on Tuesday following the appearance of cracks. The cracks first surfaced at around 2 pm on the day, and the affected section of the road – measuring about three metres by 4.6 metres – posed enough of a risk to road users that the decision was made to bring about the closure of the route.
Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib told reporters during a site visit that it would be a week before the south-bound lane of the highway was reopened. He said that contractors will back-fill the affected areas with granular material to strengthen the structure, a process that is set to take three days.
He said that the soil settlement was caused by incessant downpour, where rainwater seeped into the soil of the undercut tunnelling construction on a new two-lane tunnel to be built alongside the existing Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (formerly Jalan Duta) tunnel. This had caused the sheet pile to slant, which in turn caused the road to crack.
He added that the contractors and project consultants had been asked to re-look at their construction methods and measures to ensure there was no long-term negative impact to the area.
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim and Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar is due to be widened to accommodate a new tunnel, which is expected to be completed by March next year. The RM40.67mil tunnel project is part of a traffic mitigation plan designed by DBKL.
Yesterday, MRT Corp had issued a statement saying that the incident was not caused by nor related to the construction of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line. Meanwhile, The Star reports that only two out of the four lanes on the stretch were passable, and motorists were being diverted to the Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim exit.
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hari2 lalu sini, aku nampak jalan makin lama makin mendap..kontraktor tak peka langsung…..eeee geram aku..lepas tu tutup menyusahkan aku kena lalu jalan sesak…tak guna!!
This what happens when 10 years ago, JKR got a contractor to build a road that had no proper tender. The contractor was chosen because they both go tani together in Selangor club,
I don’t know why pipu still blame mrt project..the one should be blame is dbkl n their contractor
what is pipu? Kampong mana datang bang?
what is happening to this country? corruption is everywhere!
Hah?
Of course its corruption because in the begining itself you get incompetent contractors because they won the tender based on cronyism or corruption.
So of course its corruption.
Only thing, some people cannot look far or deep into a problem. They are too shallow but think they are clever. So, they say its DBKL at fault.
Erm…you want to say construction or corruption….?
The new names are so confusing and long! I initially thought it was some highway in johor!
clearly you don’t drive in KL a lot
I’m amazed with Malaysians. They can somehow relate geographical issues to the govt’s corruption
Its corruption because you get bodoh town planners and builders. They are appointed based on you know what.
Great! Let’s just relate everything with Gov corrupt.
Hujan lebat turun cuz Gov korup
Gempa bumi in Nepal cuz Gov korup
Tsunami in Japan cuz Gov korup
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Dinosar mati cuz Gov korup
There, settle everything. When all else fails always blame Gov korup.
one word – perhh..