It’s back. The closure of the Loke Yew roundabout and Jalan Sungai Besi stretch heading to “Sg Besi/Petaling Jaya” (in front of Fraser Business Park) – for the modification and building of a bridge at Bulatan Loke Yew – was announced by DBKL in August, but was called off at the last minute before its original date of August 5.
The project has not been shelved but will now start on September 30. As before, the roads will be closed to all traffic for one year, until September 29, 2024. Plenty of diversions, which we’ll go through below.
As such, traffic from Bulatan Kg Pandan heading to Sg Besi/PJ will be diverted into two paths – a road next to the classic Federal Bakery and a contraflow lane (refer to Lampiran 1). Those from Sg Besi/PJ heading to Bulatan Kg Pandan will be diverted left and straight (Lampiran 2).
With Bulatan Loke Yew closed, traffic from Cheras to Jalan Loke Yew will have to make a U-turn back to Cheras, and this is permanent. Those from Cheras wanting to head to Jalan Sungai Besi will have to use Jalan Chan Sow Lin and either one of Jalan Satu, Dua and Tiga.
If you want to go to Jalan Yew and its surroundings, make a U-turn at the flyover at Jalan Maharajalela – it’s quite a big detour. Refer to Lampiran 3A to 3C.
Moving on to those coming from Jalan Kinabalu. All traffic heading to Jalan Loke Yew and Jalan Sungai Besi will be diverted to Jalan Yew, towards Bulatan Pudu. An alternative is to make a U-turn at SMK(P) Pudu. This is permanent – refer to Lampiran 4A to 4D.
Lastly, for those coming from Jalan Yew (from Bulatan Kg Pandan direction) to go to Jalan Kinabalu and onwards to Jalan Kuching, there’s no more way through the roundabout. Instead, use Jalan Kg Pandan, Jalan Imbi and then Jalan Hang Tuah to head north (Lampiran 5).
To allow for the demolition of existing roads and the building of a bridge from Bulatan Pudu to Jalan Sungai Besi (next to Balai Polis Pudu), the lane from Jalan Pudu to Jalan Yew will be closed to traffic during the construction period. An alternative route is via Jalan Sungai Besi, Jalan Chan Sow Lin and Jalan Satu/Dua/Tiga – refer to Lampiran 6A/6B.
This is huge, so if Bulatan Loke Yew is part of your daily commute, check out the images below and study them properly.
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OK. No impact to users of
-SMART to Sg Besi/Connaught
-MEX to Sri Petaling/Bkt Jalil
This roundabout is the main artery for KL bound traffic. This project is on again? Well time to change another government that will have brain to reconsider and stop it yet once more.
No thanks to greenie germen.
The task is for Anwarkor to reform the DBKL,to stop the rot and shit.DBKL shit has been floating from previous PN germen.You want the same shit?
From mamak to PN…has DBKL changed?
because DBKL foiled your plans for a military coup.
Awam suffer who cares as they r always there to get f*****ed
Dbkl like gangsters alwsys in our tax payer money vans to enjy how awam suffer bez of their stupid rules
They could have waited until Duke 3 highway from sg besi highway to wangsa maju is Open before implementing this.
May I know what are they really gonna build there? Some says gonna be a new bridge from KLCC side and connect to the road on top, then bottom tunnel gonna be widen. All they shows is just alternative route but not the blueprint of what is gonna be build.
More traffic lights that are not insynced leave this to the EXPERTS
Yea doesnt affect users but we have to pay extra toll to get in and out of the city, I thank god i have mrr2 to bypass this traffic and to go straight from ampang to subang via kesas, DBKL are clowns istg imagine those student staying in sentul & titiwangsa to go to subang how big round the have to take a further alternative route or pay extra to use smart tunnel and mex .
That’s going to be a disaster. It’s already jammed up on the best of days for people trying to get to KLCC. Smart tunnel is equally packed, jammed up for 1km from the tunnel exit to Tun Razak.
Better user public transport , traffic will be extremely busy .
Satu lagi projek uang busar