IPOH: Motorists travelling between Kuala Lumpur and Penang on the North-South Expressway need no longer stop at the Ipoh Selatan and Jelapang toll plazas to pay toll or collect tickets.
They can now travel straight to the Juru toll plaza or the various toll plazas in Kuala Lumpur.
Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, who opened the 14.7km Ipoh Selatan-Jelapang through-traffic stretch yesterday, said that with the shifting of the Ipoh Selatan and Jelapang toll plazas, there would be less congestion.
The two toll plazas have now been moved to separate lanes parallel to the expressway following a RM283mil upgrading exercise.
The Jelapang toll, now sited 800m south of its original location, has been renamed Ipoh Utara toll.
The direct route was part of the three-lane widening project.
”Previously, many accidents occurred when users, especially heavy vehicles, slowed down and stopped to pay at the Jelapang toll plaza,” he told reporters.
Shaziman added that safety would also improve as locals, who previously shared the road to get around different parts of the city, would be using the separate non-toll road parallel to the expressway.
“According to PLUS Expressways Bhd, of the 40,000 motorists using the stretch daily, 26,000 were locals who used it to get to different parts of the city,” he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment