Highway lane to close for 2 months

KUALA LUMPUR: Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) is announcing the temporary night closure of the left-most lane on the Sprint Highway (Petaling Jaya-bound) for a stretch of 350m parallel to Jalan Medang Serai from the junction of Jalan Batai Barat until after the junction of Jalan Medang Tanduk.

The closure, to be implemented in stages, will be effective for a period of two months from today until March 11, from 11pm to 5am.

The closure is to facilitate utility piloting works at the junctions of Jalan Batai Barat and Jalan Medang Tanduk with the Sprint Highway.

The right-most lane on Jalan Damansara will also be closed for a length of 1.2km (Kuala Lumpur- and Petaling Jaya-bound) from Jan 15 to April 30. The closure stretch is from Stesen Minyak Petronas (Taman Tun Dr Ismail) to the Indah Water Konsortium Sewerage Treatment Plant (also in Taman Tun Dr Ismail).    Read more ......  

Sprint Highway to close for 1 year

KUALA LUMPUR: MASS Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has announced a 12-month closure of the left-most lane of the Sprint Highway, from the Bukit Kiara junction to the Jalan Maarof junction (Kuala Lumpur bound) starting today till Nov 14 next year.

This closure will be in effect from 9am to 4pm and 9pm to 6am daily. This is to facilitate construction work for the MRT.

The lane closure is being implemented after two trials recently were found to have no adverse impact on the Kuala Lumpur-bound traffic.

The first trial was carried out for a day and second for seven days, and on both occasions the traffic was moving with slight hold-up at the point where the traffic from Kerinchi Link (Kiara) merged with traffic from Petaling Jaya on the Damansara Link.    Read more ........    

Damansara Utama residents want right turn on LDP reopened

DAMANSARA Utama residents want the right turn near the TTDI Interchange reopened instead of using the new underpass and making a U-turn along the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP).


Damansara Utama Residents and Owners Association (Duroa) chairman Rajes Patel called for a meeting with Lingkaran Trans Kota (Litrak) representatives at the BHP petrol station in Jalan 21/56 last Friday evening to voice their dissatisfaction with the new traffic scheme.

Clearing the air: Doss (in reflector vest) and Litrak communications head of department Shah Rizal Mohamed Fawzi (centre, in white), discussing the reopening of the closed-off right turn from TTDI interchange to the LDP, with residents from Damansara Utama and Rajes (right, in blue shirt) .

The residents are dissatisfied because the right-turn from the TTDI Interchange, which runs under an LDP flyover, had been closed thus denying direct access to their homes.


Furthermore, the new underpass leading to the LDP does not allow for traffic to enter Damansara Utama. Read more .....

Damansara Uptown Phase II



Artist's impression of Uptown Phase II which is scheduled for completion in 2015

See Hoy Chan has embarked on a RM1.4 billion project at the open carpark in Damansara Uptown. Earthworks are starting this month.

It will be a mixed development made up of 2 residential towers, an office tower, a retail centre, a conference centre and serviced apartments. 

See Hoy Chan is also planning to build a new tunnel that will link Uptown to the LDP and a new exit flyover on the SPRINT Highway.

There will also be 8000 covered parking bays after the completion of the project. Currently, there are only 3000. Hopefully no more parking nightmare in Uptown .....