Cheras–Kajang Expressway

The Cheras–Kajang Expressway is an 11.5-kilometre (7.1-mile) controlled-access highway in the Klang Valley region of Peninsular Malaysia. It runs between the suburb of Cheras at the Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border and the township of Kajang in Selangor.

Expressway 7
Cheras–Kajang Expressway Lebuhraya Cheras–Kajang
Route information
Maintained by Grand Saga Sdn Bhd
Length	11.5 km (7.1 mi)
Existed	1998–present
History	Completed in 1999
Major junctions
North end	FT 1 Cheras Highway at Cheras, Kuala Lumpur/Selangor
Major intersections	Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Expressway FT 3211 Jalan Balakong FT 1 Jalan Cheras–Kajang Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway
South end	Kajang Bypass at Kajang, Selangor
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Cheras, Kajang, Semenyih, Seremban
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

History

The expressway is part of a major expansion of Jalan Cheras, which consisted of a two-lane intercity road between Kajang and Cheras. Construction of the expressway commenced in late 1998 and, at a cost of RM275 million, was completed and began tolling on 15 January 1999. Having assumed a new name, the "Cheras–Kajang Expressway", and incorporated the mid-length of the original road into the expressway, the expressway consequently bisected Jalan Cheras into two at both ends of the original road: one at Kajang, and the other at Cheras, while remnants of the road's undeveloped routes between remain partially in use.

The Cheras–Kajang Expressway is among the first eight-lane dual carriageway in Malaysia, stretching from the Connaught Interchange in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to Saujana Impian in Kajang. The expressway comprises one rest and service area and nine interchanges. The expressway has received substantial volumes of traffic to and from linked localities. Between 2003 and 2004 alone, traffic volume increased 4%, with an average of 187,000 vehicles per day utilising the expressway in the financial year of 2004.

The expressway used to have its own electronic toll collection system, known as the Saga Tag. On 1 July 2004, however, the Saga Tag was replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG systems.

Of the RM 275 million used to finance the expressway's construction, RM 210 million consisted of bonds issued by Grand Saga Sdn Bhd, the expressway's concession holder, and RM 59 million was a support loan from the government. Grand Saga was further provided compensation from the government for revisions of scheduled toll rate hikes. In 2003 and 2004, the government paid RM104.93 million in compensation, exclusive of waiving interest and repayment of the support loan. The government also extended the expressway's concession by two years to 18 September 2027 in 2002.

On 2 March 2012, the Kuala Lumpur bound Batu 9 toll plaza and Kajang bound Batu 11 toll plaza of the expressway were abolished by the government due to a strong petition led by Eddie Ng Tien Chee from the Democratic Action Party. This petition was signed by 100,000 residents of the area.

Incidents

Bandar Mahkota Cheras exit

Main article: Bandar Mahkota Cheras toll dispute

During the construction of Bandar Mahkota Cheras, an access road connecting the new township and the Bandar Tun Hussein Onn exit was built by the developer to provide access to Bandar Mahkota Cheras from Cheras–Kajang Expressway and vice versa. However, the link road was closed in January 2006 by Grand Saga under the direction of the Malaysian Highway Authority due to disputes between Grand Saga and the developer of Bandar Mahkota Cheras on compensations since the link road would allow motorists to bypass the Batu 11 toll plaza on the expressway. As a result, residents travelling to Kuala Lumpur are required to enter the expressway via Bandar Sungai Long or vice versa, while having to pay fares for both the Batu 9 and Batu 11 toll plazas.

Following Opposition control of Selangor in the 2008 election, local residents dismantled the barricades, temporarily allowing traffic to and from the township to directly enter and exit the expressway. In an early attempt, Grand Saga forcefully reclosed the road. However, On 27 June 2008, the barrier was torn down once again.

On 4 June 2008, the Malaysian Highway Authority and Grand Saga were ordered to install traffic lights on the junctions of Bandar Mahkota Cheras to ease the traffic flow of the residents. Today, the access road connecting Bandar Mahkota Cheras and Bandar Tun Hussein Onn Interchange is open.

Toll systems

The Cheras–Kajang Expressway uses the opened toll systems.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transaction at the Batu 9 and Batu 11 Toll Plaza, all toll transactions at both toll plazas on the Cheras–Kajang Expressway has now been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs starting 13 January 2016.

Toll rates

(Starting 15 October 2015)

Class	Types of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
		Batu 9	Batu 11
0	Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)	Free
1	Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxi and bus))	1.30
2	Vans and other small good vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding bus))	2.60
3	Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding bus))
4	Taxis	0.70
5	Buses	1.00	0.90

List of interchanges

The entire expressway is located within the Hulu Langat District in Selangor.

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			North FT 1 Cheras Highway Kuala Lumpur Cheras Bandar Tun Razak
FT 1 Cheras Highway DBKL border limit
Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Cheras–Kajang Expressway (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Start/End of toll expressway Grand Saga border limit
Cheras–Kajang Expressway 10 FT 1 --		Cheras Sentral (Plaza Phoenix) Taman Connaught MRT station	Cheras Sentral (Plaza Phoenix) Taman Connaught MRT station 9	Kuala Lumpur bound Taman Connaught MRT Station
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border
		Perhilitan	Perhilitan Taman Cheras Hartamas	South bound
	701C	EWLE Exit	West East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway Taman Connaught East–West Link Expressway Bandar Tun Razak Sprint Expressway Bangsar FT 2 Petaling Jaya FT 2 Shah Alam FT 2 Klang	Tunnel entry to East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway
		Petronas Layby	Petronas	South bound
	701B	SUKE Interchange	Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Expressway (SUKE) North Ampang Pandan Indah Bukit Teratai Hulu Langat Ulu Klang South Sungai Besi KL Sports City Shah Alam Expressway Shah Alam	Stack interchange
		Maktab Polis Diraja Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Police College)	Maktab Polis Diraja Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Police College)	North bound
	701A	PGA Interchange	Northeast Jalan Medan Masria Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA) Base Taman Cuepacs Taman Cheras Permata Taman Cheras Awana Taman Segar Perdana Cheras Hartamas	Diamond interchange
Batu 9 Toll Plaza (Kajang bound) SmartTAG Touch 'n Go MyRFID SmartTAG BET TnG POS Opened toll system Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG) only)
		Batu 9 toll plaza		South bound
		P&R Taman Suntex MRT station	P&R Taman Suntex MRT station 9
	702	Hulu Langat Interchange	East FT 1 Jalan Lama Cheras FT 1 Pekan Batu 9 Cheras Taman Suntex FT 3210 B52 Hulu Langat B52 Sungai Pangsoon B52 Sungai Congkak waterfall B52 Sungai Gabai waterfall B52 Sungai Tekali waterfall	Trumpet interchange
		P&R Sri Raya MRT station	P&R Sri Raya MRT station 9
	703	Telekom Interchange	West Jalan Kota Cheras Kota Cheras Taman Damai Jaya Taman Sri Cheras Taman Putri Jaya Taman Legenda Mas Taman Tun Perak Taman Cheras Mas Northeast FT 1 Jalan Lama Cheras FT 1 Pekan Batu 9 Cheras FT 3210 B52 Hulu Langat B52 Sungai Pangsoon B52 Sungai Congkak waterfall B52 Sungai Gabai waterfall B52 Sungai Tekali waterfall	Diamond interchange
	704	Bandar Tun Hussein Onn Interchange	West Lebuh Utama Tun Hussein Onn Bandar Tun Hussein Onn Cheras Perdana East Persiaran Mahkota Cheras 1 Bandar Mahkota Cheras	Diamond interchange
		P&R Bandar Tun Hussein Onn MRT station	P&R Bandar Tun Hussein Onn MRT station 9
		Batu 11 toll plaza	Grand Saga operation office	North bound
Batu 11 Toll Plaza (Kuala Lumpur bound) TnG POS SmartTAG BET MyRFID Touch 'n Go SmartTAG Opened toll system Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG) only)
		Sungai Cheras bridge
	705	Balakong Interchange	West FT 3211 Jalan Balakong FT 3211 Batu 11 Cheras FT 3211 Balakong Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Mines Resort City FT 3216 Seri Kembangan Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi	Half diamond interchange
		Batu 11 Cheras MRT station	Batu 11 Cheras MRT station 9
		Sungai Langat bridge
	706	Sungai Long Interchange	East Jalan Sungai Long Bandar Sungai Long Bandar Mahkota Cheras Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang–Seremban Highway Semenyih Kajang–Seremban Highway Seremban	Half-diamond interchange
		Bukit Dukung Rest and Service Area	BH Petrol	North bound
	707	Bukit Dukung Interchange	Southeast FT 1 Jalan Cheras–Kajang Kampung Bukit Dukung	Interchange
Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Cheras–Kajang Expressway
Cheras–Kajang Expressway Cheras–Kajang Expressway
		Shell and Petronas Layby P&R Bukit Dukung MRT station	Shell Petronas P&R Bukit Dukung MRT station 9	South bound Bukit Dukung MRT station
	707A	Sungai Balak Interchange	Southwest Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Sungai Chua South Klang Valley Expressway Putrajaya FT 29 Cyberjaya Damansara–Puchong Expressway Puchong FT 26 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Damansara–Puchong Expressway Shah Alam	Expressway trumpet interchange
		Petronas and Petron Layby	Petronas Petron	South bound
		Kajang MRT Depot
	708	Saujana Impian Interchange	FT 1 Jalan Cheras–Kajang North FT 1 Kampung Bukit Dukung FT 1 Kampung Sekamat South FT 1 Kajang town centre B17 Bangi P&R Sungai Jernih MRT station	Diamond interchange
Cheras–Kajang Expressway Cheras–Kajang Expressway (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Start/End of expressway Grand Saga border limit
Kajang Bypass JKR border limit
			Southeast Kajang Bypass Saujana Impian Semenyih Kajang–Seremban Highway Kajang–Seremban Highway Seremban Nilai

External links

• Official Grand Saga website