(The start of the widening at 5th Mile)
Good things are coming to Jalan Gombak from the 5th Mile (Ong Tai Kim) to the Setapak Police Station region. Since its last upgrading in the 80s where a toll was put up at Jalan Pahang and discontinued in the early 2000, it will now again be improved. The two lane thoroughfare which was the main link between the Selangor and the East Coast states in the days of yore before the Karak Highway was built will now be expanded into a three-lane dual carriageway.
Work begun last year after land was acquired and the expansion involved 25 feet on both sides. (See Picture, Red Arrows) So far the foundation work has begun and stopped briefly in varius parts during the run up to the elections and now continued again.
With the expansion, Gombak residents can expect a smoother flow of traffic, lesser jams. Or will they?
Well, they will face horrendous jams if the planners don't do anything about the viaduct at the Setapak Police Station which underpasses Jalan Genting Kelang to join Jalan Pahang into Setapak (see pictures below). So far, there has been no communication from the Mayor's Office. What are the plans then?
Commonsense will tell one that a three-lane traffic on a busy working morning cannot be squeezed into a two-lane tunnel or you will have flaring tempers and fistfights born. Can someone shed some light on this?
2 comments:
How's the progress so far? The widening should complement the DUKE Highway and ease congestion.
So far, so good except only in the mornings when jams are horrendous.
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