KL-Putrajaya highway opens! « KL-Putrajaya Highway, Government Project Gone Bad

KL-Putrajaya highway opens!

The KL-Putrajaya highway is finally open for traffic on Dec 23, 2007. The highway which stretches 26km from Putrajaya to Kuala Lumpur will add convenience and reduce the travelling time between KL and Putrajaya and subsequently to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). From the Putrajaya exit, there is two options to go to KLIA. You can either use the ELITE highway which you will need to pay the highway toll of RM4.30 for cars or an alternative free road via Dengkil road.

The highway will be free to use until Jan 13, 2008.

Here is a story of the opening of the highway from The Star

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Highway Key Facts

26KM stretches from Kampung Pandan to Putrajaya
consession signed on 22 Oct 1997
adequate land was available then
resident wrote letter to LLM to advice them to ensure adequate buffer zone since there is land (1997)
project was shelved due to economic crisis
DBKL approved housing project when they should have reserved the land for highway
houses built and sold to unsuspecting buyers
land was 'lost' in the process due to authorities blunder
project is bulldozed through despite protest for safety
project is in breach of their own guidelines

Isn't it ironic?

LLM, DBKL, DOE say they are not aware about the sheer proximity of the highway to the homes!

A resident has written to the authorities way back in 1997 to realign the Right Of Way of the highway to utilize the undeveloped Zone N. [click here to see the letter and how it fell on deaf ears of the authorities]

The developer of Zone N (Petaling Garden Berhad) managed to obtain approval to build houses along a path of designated federal highway. How can that be?

KL-Putrajaya Highway, Government Project Gone Bad