KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has in the present day urged the federal government to hurry up the opening of the Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE) to alleviate visitors from Jalan Loke Yew’s closure beginning this Monday.
She mentioned that it was apparent that the one-year highway closure of Jalan Loke Yew beginning October 2 would trigger extra visitors congestion in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
“I perceive that the SPE was truly accomplished in May this yr, however the authorities nonetheless has not opened the freeway till in the present day.
“For residents round Sungai Besi or across the Seputeh Parliament space, SPE is another highway that shortens the space and time to Bukit Bintang and even to Setiawangsa,” she mentioned on her Facebook account right here.
She mentioned she had written a letter to the Public Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, asking him to hurry up the opening of the SPE in an effort to ease the approaching visitors congestion.
“Since DBKL will now shut Jalan Loke Yew for a yr, I hope the Ministry of Public Works will open SPE Highway as quickly as potential,” she mentioned, referring to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall.
DBKL has introduced that half of Jalan Loke Yew might be closed in phases for one yr beginning October 2 to facilitate the development of a bridge at Loke Yew Roundabout.
The closure was to permit for the widening of the highway and the development of a bridge on the Loke Yew roundabout.
A basic view of the Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway. — Picture by way of Facebook/Teresa Kok
