Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

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Malaysian Federal Route 28
Federal Highway Ring Roads of the Malaysian Federal Roads system
Length: 39.8 km
Construction: 1996-1998
North: Sri Damansara
South: Sri Petaling

Malaysian Federal Route 28 Federal Highway Ring Roads of the Malaysian Federal Roads system
Length:	39.8 km
Construction:	1996-1998
North:	Sri Damansara
South:	Sri Petaling

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2, MRR2, route 28 was built by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Kuala Lumpur. Altogether, the entire system consists of Federal Route 28, Damansara-Puchong Expressway E11 (from Sri Damansara to Sunway Interchange) and Shah Alam Expressway E5 (from Sunway Interchange to Sri Petaling Interchange), however Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 is generally referred to Route 28 since Route 28 occupies about two-thirds of the system.

Contents

1 History
2 Controversial issues
3 List of interchanges
4 See also

History

Construction of this ring road were divided into 3 phases. These sections include Kepong-Gombak, Gombak-Ampang and Ampang-Sri Petaling phases. Construction began in 1996 by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and the main contractor Bumi Hiway Sdn Bhd.

Controversial issues

Recently, residents of the neighborhood of Kepong expressed their fear about the safety on Kepong Flyover which was reported to be faulty. The flyover was reported to be faulty because 31 of 33 pillars supporting the flyover were reported to have obvious cracks. At some pillars and tiers, there were more then 7000 cracks detected. Public concern about the safety issues at Kepong Flyover was due to the risks faced by at least 4,300 motorists using the flyover at a time. Investigations were carried out by the government to investigate the matter. What's worse, the contractor who built the Package 11 of the expressway (at Kepong neighborhood), Bumi Hiway Sdn. Bhd. was reported to have poor construction records in Malaysia. As a result, Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic and then reopened with only 4 out of 6 lanes. On August the 10th 2004, the Works Minister, Samy Vellu, reminded the public that the cracks were not due to design flaw and "nobody can simply open their mouth and suggest it is design flaw" (Bernama 10 Aug 2004) . However, findings from Halcrow Consultants Ltd suggested design deficiencies and the improper anchoring of the column rebar to the crossbeams were responsible for cracks and were finally accepted by the ministry (NSTP 1 Oct 2004).

On 4th February 2006, the Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic from 10:30 am in the morning after serious damages on the flyover were confirmed.

List of interchanges

(Jalan Sungai Buloh; Federal Route 54)

Sri Damansara and LDP E11
Bandar Manjalara

(Kepong Flyover) (closed to traffic)

Kepong interchange (below flyover only) 54
Taman Daya and Jalan Selayang
Selayang and Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway route 1

(FTKL-Selangor border)

Batu Caves

(Batu Caves flyover)

Taman Samudera (below flyover only)
Taman Sri Gombak
Gombak and route 2
Gombak Utara and Karak Expressway E8

(Gombak Viaduct) (Selangor-FTKL border)

Taman Melati
Klang Gates and Jalan Genting Klang

(FTKL-Selangor border)

Wangsa Melawati
Taman Melawati
Zoo Negara and Kemensah Heights (from Taman Melawati only)
Hulu Klang and Ukay Heights
Bukit Antarabangsa (from Hulu Klang only)
Taman Hilview and Duta Ulu Klang Expressway E16
Jalan Kolam Air and AKLEE E12

(Ampang Flyover)

Ampang (below flyover only) B31

(FTKL-Selangor border)

Desa Pahlawan (below flyover only)

(FTKL-Selangor border)

Ampang

(Pandan Flyover)

Taman Cempaka
Pandan Indah
Taman Kencana

(Selangor-FTKL border)

Taman Cheras
Cheras and Cheras Highway route 1

(Bandar Tun Razak flyover)

Bandar Tun Razak
Bandar Tasik Selatan
Sungai Besi and SBE E9

(Shah Alam Expressway SAE E5)

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

History

Controversial issues

List of interchanges

See also