Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has urged the federal government to hurry up the opening of the Setiwangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE) – beforehand often called the Duke Part 3 – because the year-long closure of Jalan Loke Yew from immediately would trigger extra congestion in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malay Mail has reported.

Closure of the Loke Yew roundabout and Jalan Sungai Besi stretch that heads to Sungai Besi and Petaling Jaya begins immediately, and can be in impact till October 1, 2024, which can be for widening works, renovation and building of a bridge on the Loke Yew roundabout.

“I perceive that the SPE was really accomplished in Could this 12 months, however the authorities nonetheless has not opened the freeway till [Saturday],” the Kok mentioned within the report dated September 30. “For residents round Sungai Besi or across the Seputeh Parliament space, SPE is another highway that shortens the space and time to Bukit Bintang and even to Setiawangsa,” the Seputeh MP mentioned in a Fb submit.

Kok has written a letter to to public works minister Alexander Nanta Linggi to ask for the opening of the SPE to be hastened to be able to ease the upcoming congestion as a result of highway closures, she mentioned.

In response to the DUKE web site on the SPE, the Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway is a 29.8 km-long twin carriageway that traverses Kuala Lumpur in a north-south path with seven interchanges and two ramps, serving areas together with Wangsa Maju, Setiawangsa, Ampang, the Tun Razak Change and the Bandar Malaysia growth hall in addition to Kerinchi.

A Fb submit by Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway – DUKE 3 added that the SPE makes use of an open toll system, and has a pace restrict of 90 km/h. The seven interchanges are situated at Kerinchi, Salak, Pandan, Ampang, Setiawangsa, Genting Klang and Taman Melati.

In response to visitors guide Perunding Trafik Klasik, the SPE is predicted to cut back visitors in varied places by 10% to 27%, The Star reported, and the Setiawangsa space is predicted to profit most from the expressway with a 27% discount in visitors.

The Seputeh MP mentioned that she would write to deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who chairs the cupboard committee on visitors congestions, The Star added.

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