Kajang–Seremban Highway

The Kajang–Seremban Highway, KASEH (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 (Kajang Perdana–Kajang South and Setul–Paroi) and 110 km/h (68 mph) (all other sections).

Expressway 21
Kajang–Seremban Highway
(Lekas Highway)
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
 Kajang Bypass
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway
Federal Route 1
Jalan Banting–Semenyih
Jalan Nilai–Pajam
Federal Route 86
Federal Route 51
Persiaran Senawang 1
South endParoi Interchange
Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
Location
Primary
destinations
Kuala Lumpur
Cheras
Kajang
Semenyih
Pajam
Nilai
Mantin
Temiang
Kuala Klawang
Highway system

Overview

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

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

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.

The 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 make users 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 has been opened for traffic.[4]

Features

  • 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

Pajam Incident

On 27 September 2007, at around 11.45 pm., eight massive I-20 beams (each weighing close to 70 tonnes) collapsed in a domino fashion at BR 7 (approximately Ch.16,400), just about a kilometre from the Pajam Interchange. There were no casualties. In the three months following the incident, the contractor constructed a 4 km. public by-pass road circumnavigating the BR 7 launch site, 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 forms part of the LEKAS Highway.

Other events

  • 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.
  • 3 May 2020 At around 2:11 am, Koperal Safwan Muhammad Ismail, aged 31, died when a drunk driver crashed into an Op Covid-19 roadblock near the Kajang Selatan toll plaza.

Toll systems

The Kajang–Seremban Highway from 2 March 2016 only accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only. This is the first closed toll expressway to phase out the closed toll system.

List of interchanges

KmStateExitInterchangeToRemarks
0 Selangor
Through to Kajang Bypass
Kajang Perdana I/C Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway

Northeast
Sungai Long
Balakong
Sungai Besi
Seri Kembangan

Southwest
Kuala Lumpur
Seremban
Johor Bahru
Putrajaya
Cyberjaya
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Cloverleaf interchange
EXIT 2101Kajang South I/CNorthwest
Kajang town centre

Southeast
Rinching
Semenyih
Full cloverleaf interchange
Kajang South T/P TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Kajang bound
Kajang South T/PAccepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only
EXIT 2102Semenyih I/C Semenyih
Beranang
Bangi
Dengkil
Setia EcoHill
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Semenyih bridge
Sungai Rinching bridge
Sungai Kembong bridge
EXIT 2102AEco Majestic I/CEco Majestic
Beranang
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Beranang bridge
Beranang Rest and Service Area North bound
Beranang Rest and Service Area South bound
Negeri SembilanSungai Batang Benar bridge
EXIT 2103Pajam I/C Pajam
Nilai
Sepang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
North–South Expressway Southern Route
Kuala Lumpur
Johor Bahru
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Pajam bridge
EXIT 2104Mantin I/C Mantin
N34 Lenggeng
Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Sungai Bangkung bridge
230 m above sea level
240 m above sea level
250 m above sea level
Setul T/PHighest toll plaza in Malaysia
Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only
Setul toll plaza
258 m above sea level
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Paroi bound

Highest toll plaza in Malaysia
Setul viaduct
250 m above sea level
EXIT 2105Setul I/C
248 m above sea level
Seremban town centre
Temiang
Port Dickson
Directional-T interchange
EXIT 2105AUlu Temiang I/C
247 m above sea level
Sri Pulai
Sri Penaga
Penaga Indah
Temiang
Directional-T interchange
245 m above sea levelStart/End of six-lane carriageway
Start/End of four-lane carriageway
Sungai Temiang bridge
241 m above sea level
Ampangan toll plaza
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Kajang bound
Ampangan T/PAccepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only
Start/End of four-lane carriageway
Start/End of six-lane carriageway
EXIT 2106Ampangan I/CNortheast
Kuala Klawang (Jelebu)

Southwest
Ampangan
Seremban town centre
Port Dickson
Parclo interchange
Sungai Linggi bridge
Start/End of six-lane carriageway
Start/End of four-lane carriageway
Taman AmpanganTaman Ampangan
Taman Bukit Ampangan
Taman Margosa
LILO junctions
Paroi bound
Taman AmpanganTaman Ampangan
Taman Bukit Ampangan
Taman Margosa
LILO junctions
Kajang bound
EXIT 2107Paroi I/CWest
Seremban City Centre
Ampangan
Paroi

East
Kuala Pilah
Seri Menanti
Ulu Bendol Recreational Forest
Multi-level stack interchange
Through to Persiaran Senawang 1

References

  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" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia.
  4. "Taiping-JB highway project may be revived". The Star. 2 March 2010.
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