Sprint Expressway

Sprint Expressway (Malay: Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat, Western KL Traffic Dispersial System or Lebuhraya Sprint) is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The 26.5 km (16.5 mi) of expressway is divided into three sections: the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link. It is a three-lane dual carriageway that was built to disperse traffic from congested inner city roads and narrow residential roads leading into the city of Kuala Lumpur from the Western suburbs of Petaling Jaya and Damansara and surrounding areas. This expressway is also known as Western Dispersal Link Scheme. It is one of the busiest expressway during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur.

Expressway 23
Sprint Expressway (Western KL Traffic Dispersial System)
Route information
Maintained by Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint)
Length	26.5 km (16.5 mi) Kerinchi Link: 11.5 km (7.1 mi) Damansara Link: 9.5 km (5.9 mi) Penchala Link: 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Existed	1999–present
History	Completed in 2004
Component highways	Kerinchi Link (Kg. Kerinchi–Mont Kiara) Penchala Link (Jalan Duta–Sungai Penchala) Damansara Link (Semantan–Damansara Interchange)
Major junctions
	New Klang Valley Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Puchong Expressway Federal Highway Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta)
Location
Primary destinations	Damansara Utama, Damansara City, Petaling Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Mont Kiara, Pusat Sains Negara, Sri Hartamas, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kerinchi, Jalan Duta
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Route background

Kerinchi Link

The 11.5 km (7.1 mi) sections from Seputeh Interchange at Federal Highway to NKVE at Jalan Duta. The Kilometre Zero of the Kerinchi Link's section is located at Mont Kiara-NKVE Interchange.

Damansara Link

The 9.5 km (5.9 mi) sections from Kayu Ara to Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of the Damansara Link's section is located at Kampung Kayu Ara in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Penchala Link

The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) sections from Damansara–Puchong Expressway at Penchala, Penchala Tunnel to Mont Kiara. The Kilometre Zero of the Penchala Link's section is located at Mont Kiara Interchange

History

The proposal to build the expressway began in 1997 while the massive traffic jams on Jalan Damansara were a main motivation to build it. The concession for the expressway was awarded to Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint). On 23 October 1997, the concession agreement was signed between the Government of Malaysia and Sprint for the privatization of the improvement, upgrading, design, construction, maintenance, operations and management of Sprint Expressway. A Supplementary Agreement was subsequently signed on 4 September 1998 to defer the construction of the Penchala Link. The Concession Period is for 33 years and commenced on the effective date on 15 December 1998. After this period, the toll collection will cease and the highways will be handed over to the government.

The construction began in 1999. The expressway includes the acquisition and upgrades of several major roads such as Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kayu Ara, Jalan Sri Hartamas, and Jalan Semantan. The Kerinchi Link and Damansara Link were opened in 2001, followed by the Penchala Link in 2004.

This expressway also featured its own toll collection system known as the "FasTrak". On 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system was replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems.

Pioneer roads

The construction of the Sprint Expressway includes the acquisition and upgrades of several major roads as follows:

Kerinchi Link

Roads	Sections
Jalan Sri Hartamas	Sri Hartamas
Jalan Bukit Kiara	Sri Hartamas–Bukit Kiara

Damansara Link

Roads	Sections
Jalan Semantan	Jalan Duta–Damansara Town Centre
Jalan Beringin	South side Jalan Johar–Semantan
Jalan Johar	Jalan Beringin–Jalan Damansara
Jalan Damansara	Damansara Town Centre–Damansara
Jalan Kayu Ara	Damansara–Kampung Kayu Ara

Features

The Damansara Link section of Klang Valley's Sprint Expressway.

A section of the former Damansara Town Centre building as seen from Sprint Expressway's Damansara Link.

The expressway has several notable features:

• Kerinchi Link, the first double deck carriageway in Malaysia.
• Penchala Tunnel, the widest road tunnel in Malaysia.
• The former Damansara Town Centre on Damansara Link as the "island" of separated carriageway.
• The 3 km toll-free road at Damansara Link as an alternative to residents who live in Sections 16 and 17 of Petaling Jaya
• The Speed Indicator Display (SID) at Kerinchi Link.
• The elevated Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT line from Taman Tun Dr Ismail to Jalan Duta

Controversies and criticisms

Kerinchi Link at the Universiti Malaya site

The double-deck carriageway design of Kerinchi Link from Bukit Kiara Interchange Exit 2310 to Kerinchi Interchange Exit 2310 was made as a result of the early controversial issues during the development stage. The construction of the stretch took place at the border of Universiti Malaya, which meant that the construction could take up some of the university area, which sparked complaints. As a result, the expressway concessionaire Sprint came up with the idea of a double-deck carriageway which could reduce the land usage.

Damansara Town Centre as the "island" of separated carriageway

During the construction of the expressway, Jalan Semantan could not be widened to 6-lane expressway, therefore the highway concessionaire took another main road at Damansara Town Centre for the Eastbound route such as Jalan Johar and Jalan Beringin. As a result, Damansara Town Centre became as the "island" of the separated carriageways.

Disputed ramp

When the expressway was opened to the traffic, the 530 m-long two-lane off-ramp from the Northbound direction of Kerinchi Link to Penchala Link at the Mont Kiara Interchange Exit 2303 could not be opened to traffic as a result of a land owner fencing the land which became a part of the ramp. The land owner's action has created difficulties among the residents of Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas, and even the highway concessionaire itself.

Meanwhile, the highway concessionaire has made a narrower temporary ramp to Penchala Link but according to the highway concessionaire, the temporary ramp is quite unsafe due to risks of being collided from behind. For the time being, the highway concessionaire is still negotiating with the land owner in order to open the two-lane ramp.[1]

Opening the ramp

At 3pm, June 3, 2010, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor officially opened this disputed ramp.

Hitherto, road users living in the Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas areas wanting to go to Jalan Duta, Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) and Penchala Link only had two lanes to use.

"This new ramp will ease the movement of almost 22,000 vehicles per day", he told reporters after opening the ramp.

Shaziman said the 50-metre ramp, which was delayed for seven years owing to problems related to acquisition of land, was completed in five months after the intervention by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who had immediately approved about RM20 million for the acquisition of land.

The old SJKC Damansara near Sprint Expressway

The old SJKC Damansara has one block located at Section 17 near Jalan Damansara (now Sprint Expressway). However, on 26 January 2001, the school was moved from old block at Section 17 to the new smart school at PJU 3, near Tropicana Golf and Country Club following the instructions from federal government that it no longer provided a "conducive learning environment" because of traffic congestion and noise pollution from the neighbouring Sprint Expressway.

Tolls

The Sprint Expressway uses open toll systems.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at three stretches toll plazas on the Sprint Expressway have been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 2 March 2016.

Kerinchi Link

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM2.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM7.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM10.50
4	Taxis	RM1.80
5	Buses	RM1.50

Damansara Link (NKVE and TTDI bound only)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM2.00
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM4.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM6.00
4	Taxis	RM1.00
5	Buses	RM1.00

Penchala Link

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM3.00
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM6.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM9.00
4	Taxis	RM1.50
5	Buses	RM2.00

List of interchanges

Kerinchi Link (north–south)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0	EXIT 2301	Jalan Duta Interchange	New Klang Valley Expressway West Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Kepong Batu Caves Kuantan Genting Highlands Ampang Ulu Klang East Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta) Jalan Duta City Centre Segambut	Directional T expressway interchange
New Klang Valley Expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
Sprint Expressway Kerinchi Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only) Sprint border limit
	EXIT 2302	Mont Kiara Interchange	West Penchala Link Penchala Tunnel Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Mutiara Damansara Damansara Puchong Putrajaya Cyberjaya Sungai Besi	Stacked interchange
		Jalan Sri Hartamas 22 Exit	West Jalan Sri Hartamas 22 Desa Sri Hartamas	Mont Kiara bound
	EXIT 2303	Sri Hartamas Interchange	Jalan 19/70A Northwest Desa Sri Hartamas Mont Kiara Segambut East Sri Hartamas Jalan Duta Plaza Damas 🏬	Diamond interchange
3
		Jalan 48/70 Exit	Northwest Jalan 48/70 Kiara View	Mont Kiara bound
3.9	EXIT 2304	Pusat Sains Negara Interchange	West Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort East Persiaran Bukit Kiara Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre) Bukit Damansara	Diamond interchange
4
		Securities Commission Malaysia	Securities Commission Malaysia	Kerinchi bound
		Selangor Club	Selangor Club	Mont Kiara bound
	EXIT 2306	INTAN Interchange	West Jalan Bukit Kiara 1 Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club Sime Darby Convention Centre East Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara (INTAN) (National Institute of Public Administration) Main Gate	Diamond interchange
		Jalan Bukit Kiara Exit	Northwest Jalan Bukit Kiara 1 Bukit Kiara Bukit Kiara Sports Complex Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club	Mont Kiara bound
	EXIT 2307	Bukit Kiara Interchange	West Slip Roads to Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar Section—until -- Section 17 commercial centre Section 17 Damansara Link West Damansara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail New Klang Valley Expressway Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru East Bangsar Damansara Town Centre City Centre Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC)	Stacked interchange
		Double deck carriageway		Start/End of double deck carriageway
Double deck carriageway Upper double deck carriageway (Kerinchi-Federal Highway-bound) Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL SmartTAG BET Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
Double deck carriageway Below double deck carriageway (Mont Kiara-NKVE-bound) Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG BET Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
		Double deck carriageway Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL		Northbound
		Double deck carriageway		Start/End of double deck carriageway
Sprint Expressway Kerinchi Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Federal Highway
	EXIT 2308	Kerinchi Interchange	West Federal Highway Petaling Jaya Subang Jaya Shah Alam Klang South KL Gateway-Universiti LRT station 5	Directional T expressway interchange Diamond interchange
		Kerinchi Interchange–Seputeh Interchange	see also Federal Highway

Damansara Link (east–west)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks	Pictures
		Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange	Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta) North Ipoh Kuantan Segambut South City Centre Seremban Malaysian Houses of Parliament Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC)	Trumpet interchange
		Wisma ELM	HELP University (ELM Business School)	From Damansara only
Jalan Semanatan DBKL border limit
Sprint Expressway Damansara Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only) Start/End of expressway Sprint border limit
8
		Wisma Damansara	Wisma Damansara	From Damansara only
		Changkat Semanatan Underpass Exit	North Changkat Semanatan Istana Negara (Gate 2) Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia Headquarters Wisma Chase Perdana	Trumpet interchange
		Jalan Dungun Exit	North Jalan Dungun Wisma UN (United Nations Headquarters in Malaysia) Wisma I&P HELP University	Junctions from Damansara only
		Jalan Damansara Endah Exit	South Jalan Damansara Endah ECM Libra Building	Junctions from Jalan Duta only
		🚉 Semantan MRT station	🚉 Semantan MRT station 9
				Start/End of separated carriageway
	EXIT 2315A	Semantan Interchange	Northwest Jalan Dungun Jalan Beringin U-turn to Kuala Lumpur	Interchange
	EXIT 2315C	Interchange	East Jalan Damansara Galeria Sri Perdana West Medan Damansara Bukit Damansara Jalan Johar Bangsar	Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only
	EXIT 2315D	Interchange	West Bangsar Jalan Maarof Taman Duta HELP Residency	Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only
		Damansara City Exit	West Damansara City	Off ramp from Damansara only
	EXIT 2314B	Interchange	Jalan Damanlela	Off ramp from Damansara only
	EXIT 2314A	Bukit Damansara Interchange	North Jalan Beringin Jalan Johar Bukit Damansara Damansara Town Centre Damansara City U-turn to Petaling Jaya	Interchange from Damansara only
		Jalan Johar Exit	East Jalan Johar	Junctions from Jalan Duta only
		P&R Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT station	P&R Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT station 9
		Jalan Kasah Exit	West Jalan Kasah Petron	Junctions from Damansara only
				Start/End of separated carriageway
	EXIT 2314	Maarof Interchange	East Jalan Maarof Bangsar KL Sentral Mid Valley City	Interchange
7
		Jalan Medang Tanduk Exit	East Jalan Medang Tanduk Bukit Bandaraya	Junctions from Jalan Duta only
		Jalan Setiapuspa Exit	West Jalan Setiapuspa Taman Bukit Damansara	Junctions from Damansara only
		Jalan Gegambir Exit	East Jalan Gegambir Universiti Malaya	Junctions from Jalan Duta only
	EXIT 2307	Bukit Kiara Interchange	West Slip Roads (Jalan 16/11) to Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar Section—until -- Section 16 commercial centre Section 16 Section 17 Kerinchi Link North Ipoh Segambut Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas South Kerinchi Federal Highway Seremban Cheras Petaling Jaya	Stacked interchange
4	EXIT 2313	Section 16 Interchange	North Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA) West Section 17 Slip Roads (Jalan 16/11) Section 16 commercial centre Section 16 Section 17 South Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar Jalan Universiti Jalan Kemajuan Universiti Malaya Petaling Jaya	Diamond interchange
		Elevated U-Turn	East Kuala Lumpur Damansara Town Centre Damansara City	From Section 17 slip roads (Jalan 16/11) to Kuala Lumpur via Damansara Link
		TTDI Bound Exit	Northwest TTDI Bound T Damansara Link= Toll Plaza (Plaza A) Jalan Damansara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Damansara–Puchong Expressway Bandar Utama Mutiara Damansara Sungai Buloh Kepong
		🚉 Phileo Damansara MRT station	🚉 Phileo Damansara MRT station 9
		Petronas Layby	Petronas Dunkin' Donuts Petronas petrol station with Dunkin' Donuts drive thru	Jalan Duta bound
Damansara Link toll plaza (PLAZA A = TTDI bound) DRL SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
		Jalan 17/1 Exit	South Jalan 17/1 Section 17 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) (Petaling Jaya Campus)	Junctions on the Eastin Hotel one way
Damansara Link toll plaza (Plaza B = NKVE bound) DRL SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
3		Damansara Link toll plaza DRL	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre Sprint operation office	TTDI bound only
	EXIT 2312	TTDI South Interchange	Northwest Jalan Damansara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Damansara–Puchong Expressway Bandar Utama Mutiara Damansara Sungai Buloh Kepong	Interchange with ramp to Jalan Damansara
	EXIT 2311	Section 17 Interchange	South Jalan 17/21 Section 17	Interchange
		Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery	Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery	Eastbound For Muslims only
		Sungai Penchala bridge
		SS 20 Exit	North Jalan Damansara SS 20 Tropicana City Mall	Eastbound
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
		Tropicana City Mall	Tropicana City Mall 🏬	Parking ramp interchanges
1	EXIT 2310	Damansara Utama Interchange	Damansara–Puchong Expressway North Kepong Sungai Buloh Bandar Utama Taman Tun Dr. Ismail South Puchong Putrajaya Cyberjaya Sungai Besi	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
		Jalan SS 22/11 Exit	South Jalan SS 22/11 Damansara Jaya	Junctions from Jalan Duta only
0.4		Jalan SS 21/1 Exit	North Jalan SS 21/1 Damansara Utama	Junctions from NKVE only
0.3		Kayu Ara flyover		Start/End of flyover
0.2	EXIT 2309	Kayu Ara flyover Kayu Ara Interchange	South Jalan SS 23/23 Damansara Jaya Atria Shopping Gallery 🏬	Half-diamond interchange
0.1		Kayu Ara flyover Sungai Kayu Ara bridge		Start/End of flyover
0		Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara	Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara
Sprint Expressway Damansara Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only) Sprint border limit
New Klang Valley Expressway (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only) PLUS Expressway border limit
Restricted Routes Heavy vehicles (laden and unladen heavy vehicles weighing 10,000 kg or more) are not allowed to enter the expressway Monday to Friday (except public holidays) 6:30 am to 9:30 am Shah Alam - Jalan Duta (km 9.3 - km 31)
		Damansara toll plaza DMR	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	West bound
Damansara toll plaza DMR Touch 'n Go TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Touch 'n Go Closed toll systems Touch in and Touch out your Touch n go cards and pay a distance toll
		Damansara-NKVE Interchange	New Klang Valley Expressway North Ipoh Alor Setar George Town Kuala Lumpur Sungai Buloh Rawang Kuantan South Klang Shah Alam Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Sungai Besi Seremban Melaka Johor Bahru	Closed tolled expressway trumpet interchange

Penchala Link (west–east)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks	Pictures
6.2	EXIT 2304	Penchala Interchange	Northwest Jalan PJU 8/1 Damansara Perdana Desa Temuan Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Puncak Alam Subang Sungai Buloh Kota Damansara (Under construction) Southwest Jalan PJU 7/9 Mutiara Damansara The Curve 🏬 IKANO Power Centre-IKEA 🏬 Damansara–Puchong Expressway North Kepong Sungai Buloh Ipoh Bandar Sri Damansara South Petaling Jaya Puchong Putrajaya Cyberjaya Sungai Besi	Stacked expressway interchange
Damansara–Puchong Expressway Litrak border limit
Sprint Expressway Penchala Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only) Sprint border limit
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
6
		Petronas Layby	Petronas	Eastbound
		TTDI North flyover		Start/End of flyover
5		TTDI North flyover Sungai Penchala bridge
	EXIT 2312	TTDI North flyover TTDI North Interchange	Jalan Datuk Sulaiman North Kampung Sungai Penchala South Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Rasta @ TTDI	Diamond interchange
		TTDI North flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Motorcycle shelter points		Eastbound Motorcycles only
4		Penchala Tunnel 700 metres		Start/End of tunnel
Penchala Tunnel 700 metres Maximum height 5 m
		Penchala Tunnel 700 metres		Start/End of tunnel
		Motorcycle shelter points		Westbound Motorcycles only
		Petronas Layby	Petronas	Westbound
Mont Kiara toll plaza MTK TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
		Mont Kiara toll plaza MTK		Eastbound
		Mont Kiara flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Mont Kiara flyover
Penchala Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Kerinchi Link (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
0	EXIT 2302	Mont Kiara flyover Mont Kiara Interchange	Kerinchi Link Upper Flyover North New Klang Valley Expressway Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport Johor Bahru Jalan Duta City Centre Segambut Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Kepong Batu Caves Kuantan Genting Highlands Ampang Ulu Klang Below Flyover South Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas Bukit Damansara Damansara Town Centre Petaling Jaya Cheras Seremban	Stacked interchange

References

1. Missing link is the cause of Mont Kiara's daily crawl Archived 2009-06-25 at the Wayback Machine The Star, 22 June 2009

External links

• Gamuda Group
• SPRINT
• Mont