The highway widening project for the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway is expected to commence in January 2025, the Dewan Rakyat was told, reported Bernama.
The highway concessionaire, AFA Prime Berhad – formerly known as Anih Berhad – is in the process of finalising the project design before commencing physical construction on-site, deputy works minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said.
“This delay is due to a change in shareholders that has only recently been finalised. According to the concession agreement, the construction period for the KL-Karak Highway widening is four years, and it is expected to be completed by 2029,” said the deputy works minister. The widening project for the KL-Karak Highway was previously announced to commence in the second quarter of 2024.
This widening project will cover a distance of 45.3 km with total cost of RM2.1 billion, and among the scope of work is adding of one lane to Section 1, from the Gombak toll plaza to Genting Sempah to become a total of four lanes. Section 2 will also receive widening from two lanes to three lanes, from Genting Sempah to Bentong.
The project will also involve the construction of a new two-lane tunnel adjacent to the existing tunnel in the eastbound direction, according to the report.
In response to a supplementary question in the Dewan Rakyat on whether the government intends to reduce the current operation of three toll plazas at Karak, Bentong and Gombak to one toll plaza at a suitable location, Ahmad Maslan said that the KL-Karak Highway operates under an open toll system, and any consolidation from three tolls to one would have implications on the prior agreement that was signed.
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bad move. should impose higher car tax and charge for any extra car in the neighborhood
Each time,during long weekends with public holidays falling from Thursdays,fridays..the MRR2 stretch from Bt Caves temple to the Gombak toll is quite congested..the residents from Sunway Bt Caves to Sri Gombak have a hard time coming out.
All these is due to the slipshot,poor planning of the authorities and highway concessionaire.
People are queuing from Taman Melati,Bt Caves Temple area up to the Gombak toll easily for 30 to 45 minutes,and then face further jams after Bkt Tinggi to Kuantan during CNY and Raya.
Just unacceptable ,pathetic,disgusting all these parties charging toll with horrific jams b4 and after the toll plaza.
Even ajibkor’s fat mama going back to Pahang has to endure jams,unless they fly by helicopter.
Improve the gombak toll gate first ! Jam always start fm there
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Widen there for what? Just ban heavy lorries and vehicles from using during peak hours/festive seasons.
The Karak jam is particularly at the toll… Just add more booth
widening the lane like PLUS maybe can reduced the jam, but not significantly improved. but 2 in better than 1. imho, this is the way you can rationalize why the toll can not be hapus.
I suppose the middle tunnel will be two lane two way accommodating fastest right lane. The other two will be one way two lane tunnels.