Apr22
2,2011
KL--Kualla Selangorr high
hway to
t opeen soo
on
PETAL
LING JAYA
A: The KL-Kuala Sela
angor Exprressway (L
LATAR Exppressway) project,
which llinks Temp
pler’s Park, Gombak, with Ijok,
middle of this
Kuala S
Selangor, is almost completed,
c
, possibly to
t be opened by the m
t
year..
The 33
3km dual ca
arriageway
y expressw
way will be the alternative link rroad to the
presen
nt Jalan Sungai Buloh
h–Kuala Se
elangor (Federal Roa
ad 54) routte.
Concesssionaire KL-Kuala
K
Selangor
S
E
Expressway
y Bhd (KLS
SEB) said in a statem
ment
yesterd
day that the
e LATAR Expresswa
E
ay features
s four interc
changes a nd three to
oll
plazas on each side
s
of the expresswa
ay.
It links areas succh as Kuala
a Selangorr, Assam Jawa, Ijok, Batang Beerjuntai, Ko
ota
Puteri, Puncak Alam,
A
Shah Alam, Bukkit Jelutong
g, Sungai Buloh, Kunndang, Raw
wang
and Se
elayang.
A non-congested
d drive on the
t expresssway is sa
aid to take 18 minutess from end
d-to-end.
he LATAR Expressw
way began in Octoberr 2008, withh the conc
cession
Constrruction of th
awarde
ed to KLSE
EB for a pe
eriod of 40 years.
The turrnkey conttractor is Mudajaya
M
H
Holdings Bh
hd, which was
w awardded a contrract
valued at RM958
8mil for the expressw
way.
New toll hig
ghway set
s to op
pen
Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:38 PM
KUALA L
LUMPUR: Th
he KL-Kuala Selangor Exp
pressway (Latar Expressw
way) linking Kuuala Lumpur at
Templer’’s Park in the
e district of Go
ombak with th
he township of
o Ijok in the district
d
of Kuaala Selangor on
o the
West coa
ast of the pen
ninsula, has now
n
entered i nto the final stage
s
of deve
elopment.
Driving tiime from one
e end to the other will take only 18 minu
utes on the co
ountry's latestt expressway
y.
The 33km
m dual carriageway expressway will be
e the alternative link road to the presentt Jalan Sunga
ai Buloh
– Kuala S
Selangor.
It links th
he townships of Kuala Sela
angor, Assam
m Jawa, Ijok, Batang Berjuntai, Kota Puuteri, Puncak Alam,
Shah Ala
am, Bukit Jelu
utong, Sunga
ai Buloh, Kund
dang, Rawan
ng and Selaya
ang.
The Lata
ar Expresswa
ay features fou
ur interchang
ges and three toll plazas on
n each side oof the express
sway.
The fourr interchangess give faster and
a easy acccess into the existing
e
Guthrie Corridor E
Expressway, PLUS
North-So
outh Expressw
way and the future
f
West C
Coast Highwa
ay.
Latar Expressway alsso features the Intelligent T
Transportation System (ITS), CCTVs, V
Variable Mess
sage
Signboarrds (VMS), tra
affic control devices,
d
all we
eather road markers
m
and emergency
e
teelephones tha
at ensure
the safetty of commute
ers traversing
g the expresssway.
Rest and
d service area
as (R&R) can
n also be foun
nd on both sid
des of the RM
M958mil expreessway, said
concessiionaire KL-K
Kuala Selango
or Expresswa
ay Bhd today. It was award
ded the conceession for 40 years.