Part 2 of the West Coast Expressway (WCE) opens to the general public from midnight tonight (12:01 am Wednesday, January 22), for the 7.2 km alignment that runs from the South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) elevated interchange to the Shah Alam Expressway (SAE) elevated interchange, enabling direct connectivity to Port Klang.
Part 2 of the WCE is a continuation of the freeway’s Part 1, which was opened on August 30 final yr and which connects the Banting interchange to the South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) interchange; toll fare assortment on this part started on September 30.
The brand new 7.2 km part of the freeway presents freeway customers another route from Banting to Shah Alam, Klang, Putrajaya, Kajang, Kuala Lumpur Worldwide Airport (KLIA) and vice versa with a direct connection to the SKVE and the KESAS Freeway.
The opening of each Part 1 and Part 2 will expedite journeys from Shah Alam to Banting or the Kuala Lumpur Worldwide Airport (KLIA) in Sepang in comparison with present routes, offering a constructive impression upon the mobility of native residents and financial actions in surrounding areas.
Customers of Part 2 of the WCE will get pleasure from toll-free journey when coming into the freeway from the SAE toll plaza to the SKVE elevated interchange, for a length of 1 month, the works minister introduced. The addition of the 7.2 km alignment that connects the SKVE elevated interchange with the SAE elevated interchange reduces journey time from one hour, to only 25 minutes, Nanta mentioned.
“The opening of this alignment can also be anticipated to assist cut back working prices for the logistics sector, facilitate the supply of products and improve Malaysia’s competitiveness on the worldwide stage. This can immediately appeal to investments to industrial areas and ports, apart from creating job alternatives and being an financial catalyst,” works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi mentioned on the opening of WCE Part 2.
That is the newest alignment of the 314.5 km-long freeway to open, which connects Banting in Selangor to Taiping in Perak. With the completion of the WCE, the freeway will likely be among the many major catalysts for growth and financial development, significantly within the western hall of Peninsular Malaysia.
It is usually hoped that home tourism will develop whereas decreasing congestion on highways from the Klang Valley to the north of the peninsula, mentioned the works minister in his assertion.
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