KUALA SELANGOR, July 17 – The Kundang Interchange along the Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway (Latar Expressway) is expected to be completed by Aug 15 this year, said KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway Bhd chief executive officer Amran Amir.
He said the RM30 million interchange, once completed, would link the Gombak District (Kuala Lumpur) to the dual carriageway expressway to the coastal area of the Kuala Selangor district in the north-western region of Selangor.
“With the completion of the Kundang Interchange, the existing Kundang Interchange configuration will become a full diamond interchange with signalised junctions.
“This will benefit more than 60,000 people commuting between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Selangor and cut travelling time to only half an hour, he told reporters during a site visit to the Kundang Interchange here today.
Amran said about 120,000 people in Kundang, Kuang and Bandar Tasik Puteri would benefit from the interchange with more road users expected to use the Latar Expressway. The government had on July 25, 2012, approved the upgrading Kundang into a full diamond interchange with full exit ramps from Latar Expressway to JKR B149.
Amran said the expressway had been installed with intelligence transportation system to better manage, operate and optimise the operational effectiveness of its transportation infrastructure.
“This will create greater efficiency in the use of the expressway and increase response time in the event of untoward incidents,” he added. He said the expressway would have a 24/7 traffic monitoring centre to collect real time information and analyses and disseminate them to motorists in real time.
– BERNAMA
