The Malaysian authorities doesn’t plan to improve the FT2 Federal Freeway regardless of the route having recorded its most congested site visitors service stage based mostly on 2024 site visitors information, reported New Straits Occasions.
This determination was taken because the proposal to improve the 34.59 km-long route between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang is not economically viable as a result of excessive prices of land and asset acquisition, in addition to potential social impression if the freeway improve venture is to proceed, mentioned works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.
“Based mostly on 2024 site visitors information, the extent of service (LOS) on the FT2 Federal Freeway at Census Station BR101 was recorded at ‘LOS F’, indicating heavy site visitors circulate, much like FT28 of the Center Ring Highway 2 (MRR2) at Census Station BR903,” Nanta mentioned throughout a query and reply session within the Dewan Negara at this time, the report wrote.
In the meantime, the works minister mentioned in August this 12 months that the Federal Freeway is about to obtain a RM20 million allocation for the upgrading of its motorbike lanes, although there are not any plans so as to add extra motorbike lanes to different main roads.
The federal government has to conduct complete research earlier than new bike lanes are constructed with a purpose to keep away from new conflicts on roads with quite a few entry and exit factors, Nanta mentioned on the time.
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