Prolintas has issued a new statement addressing the public’s comments and feedback on the exit ramp to Jalan Cheras of the new Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE).
According to the company, SUKE’s operations division and an appointed consultant are reviewing the design to convert the ramp down to the Cheras-Kajang Expressway (CKE or more popularly known as the Grand Saga Expressway) at the PGA/Jalan Medan Masria traffic light junction into two lanes.
In a report by The Star last week, motorists complained that a new traffic light junction and road divider built to complement the SUKE had created a long traffic queue for those turning into Jalan Medan Masria.
By improving the single-wide road into two lanes, Prolintas said this will help reduce the queue period and allow for more vehicles to be released from the ramp at a time. The company is working with the concession company of the Grand Saga to review the overall traffic lights’ configuration, including one located near Maktab PDRM which is also under its jurisdiction.
Additionally, two “no-right turn” signs will be installed this week 200 metres from the junction to the Grand Saga to warn motorists not to make right turn that can cause traffic to slow down and eventually lead to a backlog.
Prolinas also said in its release that a new slip road approximately 400 metres in length from the St Francis of Assisi Church at the seventh mile of Jalan Cheras to Jalan Medan Masria is 50% completed, with the remaining 200 metres expected to be constructed by the end of February next year.
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Some will say this is just temporary for 1 month when it is free as soon after when toll is charged there will be far less traffic and no more congestion to go in. So it would not make financial sense to overbuild if predictions of pessimistic commenters are correct.
A multi billion expressway with no express solution in sight.
Disgusting,unacceptable,shambolic.
Haha, I knew this problem will come.
Make sure the appointed consultant is paid from the fees of the prior consultant and make the firm bear part of the cost too.
Whoever design this traffic flow is either amateur or clueless. I rest my Case
Just as plan. Create a badly design even a 3 year old will know, and now hire consultant to con more to correct such a badly designed flaw.
Value Engineering done to save cost, but finally cannot works.
And the consultant happens to be this menteri’s punya daughter punya husband punya makcik punya abang ipar punya ayah punya company.
From mrr2 to cheras exit about 15-20 minutes relaxed driving. Then stucked 20 mins at the ramp just before the Cheras Batu 9 toll. Beautifully designed.
That’s why I rather use MRR 2 than SUke to go Kajang.
The only obvious solution to this big booboo is to dig a tunnel under the intersection going straight into grand saga.
Any other way is not going to solve the traffic flow issue. Someone somewhere will have to compromise.
The designer missed out the song “Two is better than one” by Boys like girls and Taylor Swift
That whole interchange is screwed up. Not just the SUKE exit into Cheras Kajang highway, if you notice the entance from Cheras Kajang highway into SUKE towards Ampang is also placed on the leftmost lane right after the bottleneck near the PGA interchange where everyone wants to stream right. Not to forget those que-cutters in that area every morning is bound to create an even worse jam there!
True. I live in that area. With the opening of SUKE, the jam has worsened. I have complained this to Prolintas with suggestions on how to improve this intersection – by removing all traffic lights and introduce roundabout(s). It will not be the common roundabout but quite a complicated one. Traffic to SUKE and the tunnel will need to be sorted into the correct lanes before the overhead bridge. It is possible.
Seems like design not tested on real world, during MCOs which have less vehicles on the road also didn’t test their initial design?
Proven after completion, able to access more additional funds for this kind of unforeseen situation.
Mediocrity at its best!!!
Who designed this? Fresh grad with no experience?
Saperle consultant nya
Could be the sama contractor that built Penang Highway… the banjir one…he3
Same same. Selangor and Penang both under PH wat. Both states suffering same chronic issues.
Dont tokok.
Prolintas built AKLEH during BN era.
Budak separuh tiang saja ditawarkan bekerja dengan kerajaan. Kroni. Budak2 bijak menganggur.. itulah pasal.
haahah. highway planner mangkuk boleh dilihat pada exit dan entrance suke – duke. main bedal je disperse kt highway lain mcm tu. lagi setahun jem sama je
Must be uitm engineer
Just an idea on what we’re dealing with. Syarikat muhibbah (main con for CA package 3) bought a fleet of luxurious vehicles the moment they were paid by prolintas (project owner).
With that said, Ccc (subcon) had not been paid after completing their work.
The traffic scenario had not been fully studied when this project was constructed for reasons best known to the project proponent. Another third class mentality and half baked engineering project…
How did the Authority OR JKR approved this ?
But Fund was probably insufficient and had to compromise,
Now progressively upgrade based on Toll Collection.
They should have extended the highway with more budget to exit and entrance much earlier before the jam. The problem with these Malaysian authorities, only foresee and solve the problem short term, and never thought of long term. Spend a little to solve future problems (why not?).