20,000 SILK Highway Users to Benefit from Construction of Tunnel

KAJANG, January 29 - Deputy Minister of Works, YB. Dato’ Yong Khoon Seng said the government has approved the construction of the tunnel (underpass) and road connections across Taman Kajang Utama on Kajang Silk Highway (SILK) with an allocation of RM30 million during a working visit to the project site in KM20.5 SILK Highway today.

The tunnel and road construction period is estimated to be 27 months from the first quarter of 2013 including the acquisition of land and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2015. Length of the tunnel is 33 meters while the road connectivity is over 675 meters.

The Tunnel construction and road connections would provide direct access in / out Taman Kajang Utama and residents no longer have to make a U-turn which is located 2km before Bukit Kajang Toll Plaza from the original route that makes commuting increased to 4 km.

This tunnel will benefit 20,000 users by shortening the residents traveling time and save traveling costs and facilitate the movement of the local population.