26 April 2021 4:10 pm / 0 comments
MMC Gamuda KVMRT, the project delivery partner for the MRT Putrajaya Line, has announced the continuation of road closures and contra flow activation in the Sungai Besi and Seri Kembangan areas. All of the diversions will be for five months, from April 28 until September 27.
First up, there will be a full lane closure and contra flow activation by stages along Jalan Utama (Seri Kembangan-bound and Sungai Besi-bound) and along Jalan Besar (The Mines-bound). System track and related works will be carried out from 11pm till 5am, and the traffic management plans are as below.
In Stage 1 (see Map 1A), for a stretch of 200m along Jalan Utama (Seri Kembangan-bound) near Petron station, motorists heading to Mines will be diverted to the contra flow lane at Jalan Utama (Sg Besi-bound).
14 April 2021 3:00 pm / 4 comments
The previously-suspended MRT3 project, which was supposed to complete the Klang Valley’s rail network by being the Circle Line loop, has been given the green light to proceed by the government, as announced by transport minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong earlier this month.
MRT Corp is being given three months to update the previously-conducted studies on the MRT3 project, which will be presented to the cabinet. The media was given a “refresher course” on the topic yesterday and here are some info from various reports from the event.
The proposal is looking at 30 stations, including some 10 interchanges. Some of the proposed MRT stations that will be confirmed in the coming months are Bukit Kiara, INTAN (National Institute of Public Administration), Sri Hartamas, Mont Kiara, Jalan Duta, Matrade, Jalan Kuching, Sentul West, Sentul East, Ayer Panas, Semarak, Setiawangsa, Ampang Point, Desa Pandan, Pandan Indah, Taman Perdana, Taman Mid
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Selected MRT stations to close for three weekends this month for Putrajaya Line migration works, free shuttle
7 January 2021 4:06 pm / 2 comments
MRT riders, note that three stations will be closed for three out of four weekends this month, starting this weekend, January 9-10. The other weekends are January 23-24 and 30-31. Like the previous round, the three stations involved are Kwasa Damansara, Kampung Selamat and Sg Buloh, and it’s to facilitate migration works for the MRT Putrajaya Line.
The stations are the final (or first) three stops of the MRT Kajang Line. For the Kwasa Damansara station, the parking area will be closed as well, but the Sg Buloh station’s multi-storey parking lot will remain open.