DASH freeway formally launched – 20.1 km stretch opens to public Oct 14, toll free till November 30

The brand new Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway, often known as DASH has formally been opened by Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings (Prolintas), and this comes after the freeway operator opened the Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) final month.

From its opening to the general public from tomorrow, 12:01am on October 14, 2022, passage on the DASH freeway will probably be freed from cost till November 30, 2022.

In distinction to the SUKE that’s being opened in phases, the DASH freeway will probably be open to the general public in its entirety as soon as it has been formally opened. Just like the SUKE nonetheless, the DASH is elevated, and the just-launched freeway has 90% of its route above floor and 10% on floor stage.

Development of the DASH started in August 2016, and its major sections had been accomplished on September 30, 2022. The concession for DASH started on December 25, 2014 and can finish on December 24, 2069 for a complete concession interval of 25 years.

As detailed in our pre-opening report, the DASH spans 20.1 km from Puncak Perdana to Penchala, or successfully 55.4 km lengthy with the size of all interchanges tallied, the primary DASH passage provides a travelling time of half-hour, or 60 minutes lower than by utilizing current roads from every of the brand new freeway’s ends.

DASH freeway map – click on to enlarge

A complete of 13 interchanges characteristic alongside the DASH, from Puncak Perdana, Alam Suria, Denai Alam, Kampung Melayu Subang, Pinggiran Subang, Subang 2, Subang Airport, RRIM (Kwasa Damansara), Surian, Seksyen 5 Kota Damansara, Sunway Damansara, Damansara Perdana and Penchala.

These join motorists with alternate paths to Persiaran Surian in Kota Damansara, Subang Airport, Damansara Perdana, Damansara, Penchala in addition to for these heading into Kuala Lumpur. Future developments equivalent to Kwasa Damansara and Elmina will profit from the site visitors dispersal facilitated by the DASH, in addition to these alongside the route from Shah Alam to Damansara.

Different highways may even connect with the DASH, and these embody the Guthrie Hall Expressway (GCE), Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP), the Penchala Hyperlink and the Dash Expressway. Every lane on the DASH is 3.5 metres broad, which collectively kind its three-lane, twin carriageway design, joined by a 3 metre-wide emergency lane.

Common each day site visitors on the DASH is predicted to be 50,000 autos, and the brand new freeway goals to alleviate site visitors alongside Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari by 39%, alongside Jalan Sungai Buloh by 33% and alongside Persiaran Surian by 43%.

For services, the DASH may have two relaxation and repair areas in each instructions of the freeway on the Denai Alam toll plaza (RSA Denai Alam). That is one among three toll plazas on the DASH, the opposite two being at RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) and at Kota Damansara. The Kwasa Damansara toll plaza may even characteristic lay-bys in each instructions.

Tools on the DASH consists of 2,441 LED streetlights, 37 high-definition CCTVs, 18 emergency telephones, 30 car incident detection system (VIDS) and 10 variable message indicators (VMS). Moreover, the toll plazas alongside the DASH are unconventional in design as a way to allow Prolintas to simply set up a multi-lane free movement (MLFF) freeway toll assortment system.

Situated close to Damansara Perdana is a primary for a Malaysian freeway, a totally enclosed freeway noise barrier that’s 260 m in size. In its neighborhood close to Empire Metropolis is the ‘Spaghetti Hyperlink’, a coming collectively of seven ramps from different current highways such because the LDP and the Penchala Hyperlink with the Penchala Interchange.

Along with its main goal of dispersing site visitors, the DASH has additionally been developed to include environmentally pleasant initiatives equivalent to photo voltaic panels and rainwater harvesting, together with inexperienced turf roofs for its toll plaza operations buildings for added eco-friendliness credentials.

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