The East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) has been launched immediately by Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, with works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. The Part 1 alignment of the freeway can be open to public from 6am tomorrow, August 30, 2025, and passage alongside the freeway can be toll-free from its opening till 11:59pm, September 29, 2025.
The EKVE is a dual-carriageway with two lanes in every path, and contains 4 interchanges. These are the Sungai Lengthy interchange, Bandar Mahkota Cheras interchange, Hulu Langat interchange and the Ampang interchange. The freeway additionally options 4 toll plazas and two lay-bys.
This freeway employs a closed-toll system, and every of the 4 toll plazas is supplied with radio frequency identification (RFID) and computerized quantity plate recognition (ANPR) techniques, according to plans for the long run implementation of multi-lane quick stream (MLFF) freeway operation sooner or later, stated LLM.
This freeway alignment is a part of the Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Street (KLORR) that goals to disperse site visitors across the fringes of the Klang Valley with out requiring motorists to enter town centre, in accordance with the Malaysian Freeway Authority (LLM). That is anticipated to shorten journey occasions from Ampang to Kajang to twenty minutes in comparison with at present out there routes, LLM added.
The opening of this freeway alignment affords motorists a better different route from Kajang and Semenyih to Hulu Langat, Bandar Mahkota Cheras and Ampang, and vice versa. This additionally offers connectivity to the Kajang-SILK Freeway and the Iron-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (suke) on Jalan Ampang, LLM Said.
Part 1 of the EKVE is comprised of 16.8 km of the primary carriageway and eight.4 km of connecting roads for the 4 interchanges, starting on the Sungai Lengthy interchange and ending on the Ampang interchange. The 2 lay-bys are situated in Hulu Langat, and amenities supplied embody suraubathrooms, meals vehicles and RFID fitment centres.
Part 2, which is able to join the Part 1 path to Ukay Perdana, is at present below energetic growth and it’ll full the complete 39 km route as specified by the unique growth plan, Nanta stated.
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