Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

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Federal route 28

Length	48.8 km
Direction	Circular
Start	Bandar Sri Damansara
Main destinations	Kepong Batu Caves Gombak Ulu Klang Ampang
End	Sri Petaling
Construction Began	1996
Construction End	1998
Roads joined	54 Federal route 54 E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway 1 Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway 2 E 8Karak Expressway Jalan Genting Klang E 12Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway 1Cheras Highway E 27 Salak Expressway E 9Sungai Besi Expressway E 5Shah Alam Expressway

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2, MRR2, route 28 was built by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Kuala Lumpur-Selangor. Altogether, the entire system consists of Federal Route 28, Damansara-Puchong Expressway E11 (from Sri Damansara to Sunway Interchange) and Shah Alam Expressway E5 (from Sunway Interchange to Sri Petaling Interchange), however Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 is generally referred to Route 28 since Route 28 occupies about two-thirds of the system.

[edit] History

Construction of this ring road were divided into 3 phases. These sections include Bandar Sri Damansara-Kepong-Gombak, Gombak-Ulu Klang-Ampang and Ampang-Cheras-Sri Petaling phases. Construction began in 1996 by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and the main contractor Bumi Hiway Sdn Bhd.

[edit] Features

• Half circular ring road
• Six-lane dual carriageway
• Many flyovers along ring roads

[edit] Controversial issues

[edit] Beam Cracks on the Kepong Flyover

The congestion at Kepong Flyover slip roads when the flyover is closed to the traffic

Notice that there are some strange grouted vertical cracks

Recently, residents of the neighborhood of Kepong expressed their fear about the safety on Kepong Flyover which was reported to be faulty. The flyover was reported to be faulty because 31 of 33 pillars supporting the flyover were reported to have obvious cracks. At some pillars and tiers, there were more then 7000 cracks detected. Public concern about the safety issues at Kepong Flyover was due to the risks faced by at least 4,300 motorists using the flyover at a time. Investigations were carried out by the government to investigate the matter. What's worse, the contractor who built the Package 11 of the expressway (at Kepong neighborhood), Bumi Hiway Sdn. Bhd. was reported to have poor construction records in Malaysia. As a result, Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic and then reopened with only 4 out of 6 lanes. On August the 10th 2004, the Works Minister, Dato' Seri S Samy Vellu, reminded the public that the cracks were not due to design flaw and "nobody can simply open their mouth and suggest it is design flaw" (Bernama 10 Aug 2004). However, findings from Halcrow Consultants Ltd suggested design deficiencies and the improper anchoring of the column rebar to the crossbeams were responsible for cracks and were finally accepted by the ministry (Source: NSTP, 1 Oct 2004).

On 4th February 2006, the Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic from 10:30 am in the morning after serious damages on the flyover was confirmed.

Many complaints arrived about the damages on MRR2. Traffic jam also has rose due to the uncompletion of the MRR2 (see right).

On 8 December 2006, the Kepong Flyover was reopened to all traffic. (Source: Utusan Malaysia, 9 December 2006)

[edit] List of interchanges

[edit] See also

• Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road
• Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1
• Jalan Duta-Segambut Highway

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