Kajang–Seremban Highway
2°48′35.2″N 101°54′24″E / 2.809778°N 101.90667°E
| Expressway 21 | |
|---|---|
| Kajang–Seremban Highway (Lekas Highway) | |
 LEKAS in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas) | |
| Length | 44.3 km (27.5 mi) |
| Existed | 2002–present |
| History | Completed in 2009 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Kajang Perdana Interchange Kajang, Selangor |
| Kajang Bypass File:Mes-e18.svg Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway File:MYS Jkr-ft1.svg FT 1 Federal Route 1 File:MYS Jkr-ft31.svg FT 31 Jalan Banting–Semenyih File:MYS Jkr-ft3265.svg FT 3265 Jalan Nilai–Pajam File:MYS Jkr-ft86.svg FT 86 Federal Route 86 File:MYS Jkr-ft51.svg FT 51 Federal Route 51 File:MYS Jkr-ft242.svg FT 242 Persiaran Senawang 1 | |
| South end | Paroi Interchange Paroi, Negeri Sembilan |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Primary destinations | Kuala Lumpur Cheras Kajang Semenyih Pajam Nilai Mantin Temiang Kuala Klawang Seremban City Centre Ampangan Senawang |
| Highway system | |
The Kajang–Seremban Highway, KASEH File:Mes-e21.svg Kajang–Seremban Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Kajang–Seremban), or LEKAS Highway, is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. The speed limits on the expressway are 80 km/h for the Kajang Perdana–Kajang South and Setul–Paroi sections, and 110 km/h (68 mph) for all other sections.
Overview
The 44.3 km (27.5 mi) expressway is designed to pass through Semenyih, Pajam, Mantin, Temiang and link to the Seremban Inner Ring Road. It serves as an effective traffic dispersal for the highly congested Kajang in Selangor to Seremban in Negeri Sembilan besides the North–South Expressway Southern Route and the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway.
- The highway project has achieved several stages of completion.
- "Package 1A" from the SILK Interchange to Kajang South has been completed and opened to the public.
- "Package 1B" from the Kajang Selatan Interchange to Pajam Interchange, earthworks and major drainage have been completed.
- "Packages 2A and 3" from Pajam Interchange to Paroi, all land acquisitions have been completed. Part of the alignment between Mantin Interchange and Setul Interchange has been approved for realignment.
Route background
The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts right after the Exit 1804 Kajang Perdana Interchange which connects the expressway with the E18 Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway and the Kajang Bypass near Kajang, Selangor.
History
The project was approved by the government in 1997 and the construction of the expressway began on 2002; however, the financial problems faced by the original concessionnaire, Kajang–Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd. (Kaseh) had forced the construction works to be delayed. The project was revitalized in November 2006 after a takeover by a new concessionnaire, Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas), which 50% of the stake was held by IJM Corporation Berhad and the rest of the stake was held by the original concessionnaire, Kajang–Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd.[1] This project was scheduled for completion by December 2009. Phase 1 of the expressway connecting Kajang South to Pajam was officially opened on 23 August 2008. The main subcontractor was WCT, which then subcontracted the beam-manufacturing to Mudajaya. As a normal procedure to allow users to familiarize with the highway, the highway will be toll free for a month from opening.[2] The highway system was extended with the opening of Mantin toll plaza on 31 December 2008. Again, the main subcontractor was WCT, and the beam-manufacturer was Mudajaya. Most of the shorter beams like the Ms and Inverted Ts were manufactured at Mudajaya's production plant in Ijok, Selangor, whilst the longer and more "treacherous" I-beams were produced on the site itself. As per normal practice, the route was toll free until 30 January 2009.[3] On 1 March 2010, the Setul and Ampangan Interchange opened for traffic.[4]
Features
- Six-lane carriageway from Kajang to Setul
- Medium to high speed limits of 80 km/h (Kajang Perdana–Kajang South and Setul–Paroi) and 110 km/h (all other sections)
- SOS emergency phone
- The Setul toll plaza is the highest toll plaza in Malaysia located at the hilly top of Gunung Mantin-Seremban at 258 metres above sea level.
Notable events
Pajam Incident
On 27 September 2007, at around 11:45 pm, eight massive I-20[expand acronym] beams (each weighing close to 70 tonnes) collapsed at BR 7[expand acronym] (approximately Ch.16,400),[expand acronym] just about a kilometre from the Pajam Interchange. There were no casualties recorded. In the three months following the incident, the contractor constructed a 4 km. public by-pass road circumnavigating the BR 7 launch site,[clarification needed] from the Federal Route FT3265, to the Pajam Interchange, then onto the Pajam Toll Plaza, and coming out again at FT3265 nearer to the town of Nilai, recast the eight I-20 beams, and then re-launched them. There were no public funds involved in the repair work, and all costs were borne by the contractor. The BR 7 is now in service, and is part of the LEKAS Highway.
Other events
- 17 April 2010 – Achik Spin (real name Abdillah Murad Md Shari), vocalist of the Malaysian rock band Spin, died in a car accident on the Kajang–Seremban Highway near Pajam, Negeri Sembilan.[5]
- 3 May 2020 – At around 2:11 am, Koperal Safwan Muhammad Ismail, aged 31, died when he crashed into an Op COVID-19 roadblock near the Kajang Selatan toll plaza.
Toll systems
As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at all toll plazas, all toll transactions on the Kajang–Seremban Highway have been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 2 March 2016.[6] This is the first closed toll expressway to phase out the closed toll system.
Toll rates
(Since 1 January 2023)[7][8][9]
Between Kajang Selatan and Setul toll plazas
| Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) up to |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels) |
Free |
| 1 | Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses)) |
5.50 |
| 2 | Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and five or six wheels (excluding buses)) |
8.25 |
| 3 | Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses)) |
11.00 |
| 4 | Taxis | 2.75 |
| 5 | Buses | 3.69 |
Ampangan toll plaza
| Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels) |
Free |
| 1 | Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses)) |
2.30 |
| 2 | Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and five or six wheels (excluding buses)) |
3.50 |
| 3 | Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses)) |
4.70 |
| 4 | Taxis | 1.20 |
| 5 | Buses | 1.50 |
List of interchanges
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References
- ↑ IJM Acquires 50 Percent Stake In Lekas Bernama
- ↑ Charles Ferandez (15 August 2008). "Kajang-Pajam stretch to be opened on Aug 31". The Star. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- ↑ "Plaza Tol Mantin dikecuali bayaran sebulan". Utusan Malaysia (in Bahasa Melayu).
- ↑ "Taiping-JB highway project may be revived". The Star. 2 March 2010.
- ↑ "Achik Spin maut dalam kemalangan". 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Lee, Jonathan (26 February 2016). "Cashless toll collection on KESAS, SPRINT, Guthrie, LEKAS and LATAR to begin on March 2, 2016".
- ↑ https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20413/2022 [bare URL]
- ↑ Chan, Dawn (31 December 2022). "(Updated) Lekas and Besraya motorists to usher in New Year with cheaper tolls". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur.
- ↑ "Lower toll rates on Besraya, Lekas expressways from Jan 1". The Star. Malaysia. 31 December 2022.
