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Kajang–Seremban Highway

Coordinates: 2°48′35.2″N 101°54′24″E / 2.809778°N 101.90667°E / 2.809778; 101.90667
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2°48′35.2″N 101°54′24″E / 2.809778°N 101.90667°E / 2.809778; 101.90667

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Expressway 21
Kajang–Seremban Highway
(Lekas Highway)
Map
LEKAS in red
Route information
Maintained by Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd.
(Lekas)
Length44.3 km (27.5 mi)
Existed2002–present
HistoryCompleted in 2009
Major junctions
North endKajang Perdana Interchange
Kajang, Selangor
Major intersectionsKajang Bypass
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway
FT 1 Federal Route 1
FT 31 Jalan Banting–Semenyih
FT 3265 Jalan Nilai–Pajam
FT 86 Federal Route 86
FT 51 Federal Route 51
FT 242 Persiaran Senawang 1
South endParoi Interchange
Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
Location
CountryMalaysia
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 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

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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Pajam Incident

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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

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  • 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

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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

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(Since 1 January 2023)[7][8][9]

Between Kajang Selatan and Setul toll plazas

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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

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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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Km Exit Interchange To Remarks
North
Kajang Bypass
Saujana Impian
Cheras–Kajang Expressway Cheras-Kajang Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Cheras
Kajang Perdana Interchange Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersial Link Expressway

Northeast
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Sungai Long
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Balakong
Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi
Sungai Besi Expressway Seri Kembangan

Southwest
North–South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur
North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Seremban
North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Johor Bahru
South Klang Valley Expressway Putrajaya
FT 29 Cyberjaya
North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Cloverleaf interchange
Kajang Bypass
JKR border limit
Kajang–Seremban Highway Kajang–Seremban Highway
Start/End of expressway
LEKAS border limit
Kajang–Seremban Highway
0
2101A

2101B

Kajang South Interchange 2101B Northwest
FT 1 Kajang town centre

2101A Southeast
FT 1 Rinching
FT 1 Semenyih
Full cloverleaf interchange
Kajang South toll plaza
KJS
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Kajang bound
Kajang South toll plaza
KJS
Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go
Closed toll system
Collect transit card and pay a distance toll
2102 Semenyih Interchange
FT 31 Semenyih
FT 1 Beranang
FT 31 Bangi
FT 31 Dengkil
Setia EcoHill
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Semenyih bridge
Sungai Rinching bridge
Sungai Kembong bridge
2102A Eco Majestic Interchange
Eco Majestic
FT 1 Beranang
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Beranang bridge
Beranang Rest and Service Area (abandoned except surau and toilet) North bound
Beranang Rest and Service Area (abandoned except surau and toilet) South bound
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Hulu Langat district border
Selangor-Negeri Sembilan border
Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus
Seremban district border
Sungai Batang Benar bridge
2103 Pajam Interchange
FT 3265 Pajam
FT 3265 Nilai
FT 32 Sepang
FT 32 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route
Kuala Lumpur
Johor Bahru
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Pajam bridge
2104 Mantin Interchange
MTN
FT 1 Mantin
N34 Lenggeng
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Bangkung bridge
230 m above sea level
Kajang–Seremban Highway
--
240 m above sea level
Kajang–Seremban Highway
--
250 m above sea level
Setul toll plaza
STL
258 m above sea level
(Highest toll plaza in Malaysia)
Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go
Closed toll system
Collect transit card and pay a distance toll
Setul toll plaza
STL
258 m above sea level
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Paroi bound

Highest toll plaza in Malaysia
Setul viaduct
250 m above sea level
2105 Setul Interchange
248 m above sea level
FT 1 Seremban town centre
FT 1 Temiang
FT 53 Port Dickson
Directional-T interchange
Kajang–Seremban Highway
--
245 m above sea level Start/End of six-lane carriageway
Start/End of four-lane carriageway
Sungai Temiang bridge
241 m above sea level
Ampangan toll plaza
AMP
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Kajang bound
Ampangan toll plaza
APG
Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
Kajang–Seremban Highway
--
Start/End of four-lane carriageway
Start/End of six-lane carriageway
2106 Ampangan Interchange Northeast
FT 86 Kuala Klawang (Jelebu)

Southwest
FT 86 Ampangan
FT 86 Seremban town centre
FT 53 Port Dickson
Parclo interchange
Sungai Linggi bridge
Kajang–Seremban Highway
--
Start/End of six-lane carriageway
Start/End of four-lane carriageway
Taman Ampangan Taman Ampangan
Taman Bukit Ampangan
Taman Margosa
LILO junctions
Paroi bound
Taman Ampangan Taman Ampangan
Taman Bukit Ampangan
Taman Margosa
LILO junctions
Kajang bound
2107 Paroi Interchange West
FT 51 Seremban City Centre
FT 51 Ampangan
FT 51 Paroi

East
FT 51 Kuala Pilah
FT 51 Seri Menanti
FT 51 Ulu Bendol Recreational Forest
Multi-level stack interchange
Kajang–Seremban Highway Kajang–Seremban_Highway
Start/End of expressway
LEKAS border limit
JKR border limit
South
FT 242 Persiaran Senawang 1
FT 242 Senawang
FT 1 Rembau
North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route
Kuala Lumpur
Johor Bahru

References

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  1. ^ IJM Acquires 50 Percent Stake In Lekas Bernama
  2. ^ Charles Ferandez (15 August 2008). "Kajang-Pajam stretch to be opened on Aug 31". The Star. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Plaza Tol Mantin dikecuali bayaran sebulan". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay).
  4. ^ "Taiping-JB highway project may be revived". The Star. 2 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Achik Spin maut dalam kemalangan". 18 April 2010.
  6. ^ Lee, Jonathan (26 February 2016). "Cashless toll collection on KESAS, SPRINT, Guthrie, LEKAS and LATAR to begin on March 2, 2016".
  7. ^ https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20413/2022 [bare URL]
  8. ^ Chan, Dawn (31 December 2022). "(Updated) Lekas and Besraya motorists to usher in New Year with cheaper tolls". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur.
  9. ^ "Lower toll rates on Besraya, Lekas expressways from Jan 1". The Star. Malaysia. 31 December 2022.
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