KL Congestion Hot Spot determined – 1.4 km stretch of Mahameru-Jalan Tun Razak to get improvements

KL Congestion Hot Spot determined – 1.4 km stretch of Mahameru-Jalan Tun Razak to get improvements

The government has determined a ‘KL Congestion Hot Spot’ in the capital city, and will work to reduce congestion on thus 1.4 km stretch, which is where Jalan Tun Razak meets Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar (Lebuhraya Mahameru, unrelated filepic above), Jalan Tun Ismail and Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah (Jalan Ipoh). City motorists, you know this bottleneck very well: Bulatan Pahang, Titiwangsa station, PWTC.

Federal Territories minister Dr Zaliha bt Mustafa launched the Projek Mempertingkatkan Persimpangan Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar this week with the main objective of reducing traffic congestion in the area during peak hours from the ‘Level of Service’ F to ‘LOS C’.

DBKL says that the cause of the gridlock in this area is the lack of a lane for vehicles to enter the main route from Jalan Tun Razak, and a lane for vehicles to enter Jalan Ipoh. A suggested solution is to add a lane each on the left and right of the road, and to block vehicles from merging lanes by using barriers.

This project has been approved in the ‘Rolling Plan 4 Tahun 2019’ of the Eleventh Malaysia Plan with source of funding from the development allocation by the federal government. The RM75 million plan includes the addition of a 1.4 km lane for both bounds, the widening of five bridge structures that cross places such as the KTM line, Jalan Kuching and Sungai Batu.

Besides that, there’s also the construction of retaining walls in a few locations, earth works, sewerage works, road surfacing, utilities and the setting up of street lamps. Users of this stretch would have no doubt noticed the construction in this area, which started in June 2020 and ended in May this year.

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Comments

  • longjaafar on Jul 31, 2024 at 12:23 pm

    It’s a laudable thing to upgrade junctions to improve traffic flow…But launched by a minister?

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    • Too many ministers/deputy ministers. Need to create a lot of events and spread the launching invitations around so all of them can feel useful.

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    • Dah Menang Semua on Aug 01, 2024 at 4:44 pm

      All these 3 places created deadlock

      1/KLCC tunnel-Kg Baru exit
      – Kg Baru junction jammed
      2/Tun Razak-Bulatan Pahang
      – Jln Genting Klang overloaded
      3/PWTC-Jln Kuching exit
      – Jln Kuching to North jammed

      Should deploy cones
      Stop 2nd/3rd lane cut-Q
      Police should to help traffic to egress
      Not stopping them to exit the main road!!

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  • That is the solution? on Aug 01, 2024 at 2:05 am

    JUST ONE MORE LANE BRO IT WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING.

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  • Prasath on Aug 01, 2024 at 1:02 pm

    suggest the ministry to also look in to Jalan Istana-Jalan Duta congestion during evening peak hours.

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  • wammolaine on Aug 03, 2024 at 9:08 am

    Just one more lane bro

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  • EV Car Mafia on Aug 05, 2024 at 2:23 pm

    All ministers should drive without escort vehicles clearing the lane for them. they should feel and experience what we go through on a daily basis.

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