The newly-completed Sri Damansara Link (SDL) on the Duta-Ulu Kelang (DUKE) highway will be officially open from midnight today, and motorists are being given a one month toll free period with which to familiarise themselves with the route. Serving highway users in the Kepong, Segambut and Sungai Buloh areas, the SDL connects the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) at the Bandar Manjalara interchange and the DUKE at Jalan Segambut, reported The Star.
This provides an alternate route for users heading towards high traffic areas such as Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Sri Damansara, Rawang, Kepong and Sungai Buloh. It is estimated that 30,000 motorists will use the new link, reducing travel time by 10 minutes, with the toll free section being available from the Segambut Toll Plaza, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
Also part of the SDL is a rest and services area at Segambut that connects to a KTM Komuter station that is currently under construction. The rest area has 300 parking bays, with plans to increase the number to 4,000 bays once the station is in operation.
As the final phase for the Duke 2 highway, the SDL also includes the Tun Razak link, opened to road users on September 28. The existing Duke 1 is a 19 km highway along the East-West route of northern KL, connecting the NKVE in west KL to the KL-Karak Highway in the north and the MRR2 in the east.
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Those living along jalan jelatik and jalan desa pandan will have duke 3 elevated highway running in front of their homes in 3 years. Goodbye clean air and property value.
Since when property value in KL drop when new road n highway build for easy excess? Elevated Duke along Setiawangsa make apartment price boom.
Fuuyoh property boom how to afford ? 50% employed graduates in Malaysia earning less than RM2k and youth unemployment 11%, 3 times higher than global average
naik harga salah, turun harga salah kau ni.
Property Naik harga if the rate is outrageous & far over the rate of increase in salary is a big NO NO. Blame the G for not putting the mechanism to prevent property speculators & flippers from accumulating wealth without control. RPGT is a bit late, but better than never
Imagine your balcony 30 feet from the highway. Many will be in that situation. Mine will be 150 feet away. Many units here are for sale.
10 bungalow owners along the route sued to have it altered and they just lost as expected.
10 owner compare thousand of road users. Figure out yourself.
Real tough days, every RM counts
Paultan.org don’t share the map?
Agree. Can you guys add on the route map?
paultan if can provide some infographic of the road map mentioned will be a huge help
even Duke website doesnt have such map. ouch. and most probably Waze doesnt have it too
Map pls..
free till NOV 22…then increase rate every year for 20years or more..
We are still paying toll on karak highway after 40 years
Do u think Karak hiway maintenance is cheap?
search for Sri Damansara Link on FB. they have the route there. I believe toll increase every 5 years. same as most of the highways. Saved 30 mins from my usual 1hr drive from Sg.Buloh to KLCC.