Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway

Expressway 25
Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR Expressway)
Route information
Maintained by LATAR KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway Berhad (KLS)
Length:	32.0 km (19.9 mi)
Existed:	2008 – present
History:	Completion on 2011
Major junctions
West end:	Ijok
	Federal Route 54 West Coast Expressway Guthrie Corridor Expressway Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway
East end:	Templer's Park
Location
Primary destinations:	Kuala Selangor Ijok Puncak Alam Kuang Rawang
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway (Malay: Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor), KLS (formerly Ijok-Templer Park Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Ijok-Taman Templer), LATAR) or sometimes called LATAR Expressway (Malay: Lebuhraya LATAR), E25, is an expressway in Selangor, Malaysia. It is part of the Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road. The 32 km (20 mi) expressway connects Ijok near Kuala Selangor to Templer's Park near Rawang and not Kuala Lumpur as its name suggests - consequently, motorists will need to travel another 20 km to Kuala Lumpur via Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway. Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway is the fourth east-west-oriented expressway in the Klang Valley after the Federal Highway, the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) and the Shah Alam Expressway.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Ijok.

History

Previously, the Federal Route 54 was the only gateway to Kuala Selangor, with a typical journey of 1 hours. The Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway project was awarded to Bina Puri Holdings Berhad for contract amounting to MYR 958 million. The turnkey contractor for this project was Mudajaya Corporation Berhad. The construction is divided into two packages, package 1 of the proposed design-and-build contract is from Ijok to Kundang, while package 2 is from Kundang to Templer's Park. Construction work was started in the third quarter 2008 and was completed in the middle of 2011. The expressway was opened to traffic on 23 June 2011.^[1]

Features

• Many oil palm estates along this expressway.
• 2 Lane Dual Carriageway
• 5 Interchanges
• 4 Toll Plazas (Kundang West and Kundang East on Kundang interchange have 2 toll plazas)
• Rest & Service Areas
• Aesthetically Designed Bridges (Viaducts) in different locations such as Ijok and Yew Hock Estate viaducts
• Templer's Park Interchange in the eastern end of expressway is a most scenic views.

Tolls

The Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway using opened toll systems. There are 6 toll plazas along Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway. Each toll plaza is located around 4 – 6 km away. All 6 toll plazas charge the same rate which can be seen below.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transaction at the Ijok, Kuang East, Kuang West, Kundang East, Kundang West and Taman Rimber Templer Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at six toll plazas on the Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway has now been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs starting 2 March 2016.

Toll rates

(Starting 15 October 2015)

Ijok, Kuang East, Kuang West and Taman Rimber Templer toll plazas

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	RM5.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM7.50
4	Taxis	RM1.30
5	Buses	RM2.00

Kundang East and Kundang West toll plazas

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	RM1.30
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM2.60
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM3.90
4	Taxis	RM0.70
5	Buses	RM1.30

List of interchanges

The speed limit for the entire expressway is 110 km/h except at Ijok, Kuang East, Kuang West and Taman Rimba Templer toll plazas where the speed limit is 60 km/h.

Legend:

• I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

State	District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Selangor	Kuala Selangor			Kuala Selangor-LATAR I/C	West Coast Expressway – Lumut, Teluk Intan, Sabak Bernam	Planned
		0.0	2501	Ijok I/C	Jalan Kuala Selangor – Assam Jawa, Kuala Selangor, Ijok, Bestari Jaya (Batang Berjuntai)
			BR	Ijok viaduct Sungai Buloh bridge
		2.0	T/P	Ijok Toll Plaza	TnG POS TnG TAG TAG TnG TnG POS
			BR	Yew Hock Estate viaduct
			2503	Puncak Alam I/C	Jalan Kuala Selangor – Puncak Alam, Kota Puteri, Kuang, Sungai Buloh
		12.0	T/P	Kuang (West) Toll Plaza	TnG POS TnG TAG	Westbound only
	Gombak		RSA	Kundang RSA	Kundang RSA -	East bound
			RSA	Kundang RSA	Kundang RSA -	West bound
			2505	Kundang I/C	T Kundang (East) Toll Plaza - TAG TnG TnG POS (From west only) B149 Jalan Kundang – Kundang, Kuang, Lagong T Kundang (West) Toll Plaza - TnG POS TnG TAG (From east only)	Toll plazas on both exit ramps
			BR	Sungai Kundang bridge
			T/P	Kuang (East) Toll Plaza	TAG TnG TnG POS	Eastbound only
			BR	Pipeline crossing bridge
			2506	Kuang I/C	North-South Expressway Northern Route – Kuala Lumpur (via Jalan Duta), Ipoh, Rawang, Sungai Buloh Guthrie Corridor Expressway – Shah Alam, Subang, Puncak Alam
			BR	Railway crossing bridge
			T/P	Taman Rimba Templer Toll Plaza	TnG POS TnG TAG TAG TnG TnG POS
			2508	Templer Park I/C	Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway – Rawang, Serendah, Selayang, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan

References

1. "Mudajaya bags 2 packages of Bina Puri road deal". Business Times. 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-06-06.

External links

• LATAR website