Peterchai, care to share what is the future plan for DUKE's access? (base on your internal info)
DUKE is very important to Setapak's prop market.

And i dun know how the new MRCB project can link to Akleh, care to share? MRCB is quite far from AKLEH.
Will future DUKE link to AKLEH??
now DUKE is link to MRR2 and NKVE

The Star Online > Central
Tuesday May 31, 2011

Wider Jalan Genting Klang to ease traffic congestion

KUALA LUMPUR City Hall (DBKL) has upgraded Jalan Genting Klang in phases to ease congestion as well as to provide a smoother ride for motorists.

The road, which has been widened from a double-lane road to a three-lane stretch, serves the eastern corridor connecting motorists to the Middle Ring Road 2.

Traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen said 65,000 to 75,000 vehicles used the road daily.

In a mess: Jalan Genting Klang is congested with cars double-parked.
“People use Jalan Semarak and Jalan Gombak as an alternative route but now Jalan Genting Klang is attracting more motorists.

Goh said traffic volume would eventually reach 100,000 vehicles a day after the development projects near the area were completed.

He added that Jalan Genting Klang, including Jalan Setapak and Jalan Pahang would become a conurbation of Gombak.

“Jalan Genting Klang used to be a single-lane two-way carriageway but has been slowly upgraded with a lot of constraints. Providing access to the old settlements in the area is a stumbling block when it comes to the design,” he said,

Goh said because of these problems, drivers would be lucky if they could drive at 60km/h in Jalan Genting Klang.

Risky: Jaywalkers crossing Jalan Genting Klang despite the presence of the pedestrian bridge.
He said the U-turns along the road were the cause of bottlenecks and there were four on a particular stretch.

Goh said shops and office buildings on both sides of the road and motorists parking illegally also slowed down traffic along Jalan Genting Klang.

“Pedestrian bridges are needed as it will be dangerous for people to cross the six-lane road.

He said the road would end up like the Damansara-Puchong Highway in another seven years.

“A good road design should have a highway engineer, traffic planner, urban planner and social economist because they will then have taken the social and safety aspect into account,” he said.

Under the 4km project, the road would be widened between 30m and 40m and include the building of drains, pedestrian walkway on both sides of the road and four pedestrian bridges.

The first phase, costing RM20mil, is from Jalan Air Panas junction to Jalan 1/27A, while the second phase is from the Federal Territory border to the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2).



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Added on May 31, 2011, 12:36 pmMay 31, 2011
RM80mil spent on upgrading but residents unhappy

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Under construction: Massive development is taking place along Jalan Genting Klang.


Jalan Genting Klang will be facing heavy traffic once the development projects along the stretch are completed, said Wangsa Maju PKR co-ordinator Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong.

Dr Tan said there were many development projects being carried out and the road would not be able to cope with the traffic volume in the future.

“We were told there are many water pipes under the road, hence the contractors could not do much with the design.

Dr Tan said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) had also not installed signages or built pedestrian bridges.

“There is only one pedestrian bridge. More should have been built when the road was upgraded.

“They need to rectify the shortcomings now,” he said, adding that RM80mil had been spent on upgrading work.

He said proper infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur was vital.

“There is a missing link between the old road near TAR College and Taman Bunga Raya which needs to be upgraded.

“A hospital and a big shopping complex are coming up, so the infrastructure has to be in tandem with development,” he said.

Businessman Chin Ling is also frustrated with the situation.

He said despite the upgrading, it was still jammed and there were no proper signages along the road.

“They spent so much money to ease the traffic condition but the problem is the same as before.

“Even the surface is not flat, which is bad considering the road is fairly new,” he said.

Another businessman, Chuah Chew Huat, said City Hall and the traffic police should carry out enforcement measures on errant drivers regularly.

He said people were parking along the road without consideration for other motorists.

He added that the upgrading had made no difference to the road.

This post has been edited by kh8668: May 31 2011, 12:37 PM

Another highlight for setapak again!!!Look like we got a lot of newspaper ads too wo...Haha...
Hmm...i wonder how the KL mayor will think to upgrade n settle this woes too...
Build more pedestrian bridge...N put more officers along the road to prevent double park???

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Added on May 31, 2011, 1:38 pmIMHO, please look at the jalan langkawi from danau kota (old town - starting point) till the end chong hwa secondary school exit jalan gombak.
This road end will somehow built a bridge that link to the DUKE.
Anyway, this will not be implemented in this short while or short change due to several reasons.

1) Political wills- Wait the result for the ge13.

2) Economy - budget constraint

3) Land acquitition deal. (Those had fren n relative staying nearby, please get more info from them whether they ady get approach by the local govt
to acquire their land and izzit they ady get the compensation or not.)

This post has been edited by PeterChai288: May 31 2011, 01:38 PM

r u sure jl langkawi will further link to DUKE (cross over jl gombak) ? this is a big construction project, my aswell widen jl kg bandar dalam towards DUKE. (from one lane to 2-3 lanes) .so driver from danau kota, jl genting kelang, gombak can go thru jl ibu kota/jl gombak towards DUKE. i just dun understand why govt build DUKE but the access road is so poor eg jl sentul/jl kg bandar dalam, jl air jerneh/air panas, jl semarak etc, and many DUKE entrances doesnt make sense at all eg jl pahang. The entrance shud be b4 jam not after jam. also when govt can remove the traffic light infront of bandar baru sentul govt flats?

any idea what govt going to do with the malay reserve lands along jl gombak? eg kg puah, kg sg merali, kg bandar dalam, kg sg mulia, kg kuantan, kg ku chai? if govt can develop this lands then setapak/jl gombak will sure look different and become another big town eg kepong, cheras, puchong. (since it is so near to DUKE and KL). please tell the forumer if u have insider news so we can invest earlier. i still believe jl gombak commercial prop has its future potential, it has lag behind jl genting kelang so many years. do u think plaza idaman , diamond square is good buy? now is very cheap.

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Added on May 31, 2011, 2:47 pmany idea what is going to do with the "scrapped" Tesco's land? (between pv12 and pv10)

any news regarding platinum victory plan to buy end bloc and make over the 2 old langkawi apartments infront of pv10 (on jl langwai main road)? will they turn them into another commercial area like platinum walk? it is a very good location for shops due to facing main road and simpang empat frontage . heard they will be a lrt /mrt station here. right below high power cable @ jl langkawi called langkawi station. any new update?

This post has been edited by lucerne: May 31 2011, 02:47 PM

So is Tesco on or off?
LRT/MRT is coming here? Good news then!

based on the old dbkl masterplan, their will be a lrt extension from sentul timur along the high power tension cable crossing over jl gombak finally join sri rampai lrt. in between sri rampai - sentul timur will be stations at danau kota (beside modrian), langkawi, setapak garden.... (just follow the high power cable route). i think langkawi station will be located at the empty land at jl cengal selatan/jl langkawi junction (near traffic light, in front smk danau kota)

anyway, the plan may change. maybe replace by KL circle line?? any update ?

It will become good news only if is confirmed, ha

Tesco confirmed off and move to Sentul.
But Giant will come (located op Sri Utama International School, behind Honda)

Anyone know when jl danau kota (parkson) to link to jl kilang (to sri utama intl school) will be build? Not sure how dbkl can clear the Malay stalls operating near the traffic light (beside kedai motor). if the link opened, sri rampai shops eg The Parc will be benefited. also easy for setapakian to access to jl jelatek towards DUKE and Jl Ampang. But i rather use the nearer jl pahang, jl bandar dalam/sentul, air panas ,jl semarak access to DUKE (but jammed druing peak hours) -so to wait govt to widen thenarrow access roads. I dun mind to pay RM2 to DUKE for better traffic.

Anyone know what will happen to the land after sri utama intl school moved. Where they moved to ?

dun care tesco or giant @ least 1 of them there is good enuf.

http://www.festivalcity.com.my/store.php

If tecso is off....then it going to be a development on that ex tesco land liao...It quite a wide land oh!!!
And where did u get the news sri utama will move?

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Added on May 31, 2011, 7:31 pmYea...if too many taiko mari...also too crowded liao...hehe...
Man Man lai...

This post has been edited by PeterChai288: May 31 2011, 07:31 PM

This thread is getting more and more vibrant.

Good thread.

Peter (TS), if u got time, u can include the main post with links to links to lowyat forum post to those new projects in setapak.

Such as SG, 222, 288, PV, etc

Sure...why not...

hmm....ask....where is 222 arr?

Opposite of SG

opposite SG? i tot opposite SG is 288?

288 is behind 222, along the monsoon drain

222 n 288 kawan side by side?

Yeah, same developer ma.. Abang dan adik.... ^^

SG is their cousin... So far a little bit...

any idea expected completion of giant near pv phase6?