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Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway

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Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
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Subang Airport and RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) Interchange of DASH from Star Avenue Lifestyle Mall, Shah Alam.
Route information
Maintained by Prolintas with its subsidiary Projek Lintasan Damansara-Shah Alam Sdn Bhd (DASH)
Existed2015–present
HistoryCompleted in 2022
Major junctions
East endPenchala Interchange
Major intersectionsKota Damansara
Subang
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
West endPuncak Perdana
Location
CountryMalaysia
Highway system

The Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) (Malay: Lebuhraya Bertingkat Damansara–Shah Alam) E31 (or New North Klang Valley Expressway) is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. Estimated cost of the expressway is MYR 11.5 billion.[2]

Route background

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Surian Interchange.

The zeroth kilometer is located at the Puncak Perdana U10 Shah Alam intersection. It acts a link for Puncak Perdana, Alam Suria, Denai Alam, Kampung Melayu Subang, Jalan Sungai Buloh, RRIM, Kota Damansara, Damansara Perdana and Mutiara Damansara. The expressway ends at the Penchala interchange, linking it to the Damansara–Puchong and Sprint Expressways.

Interchanges include Puncak Perdana, Alam Suria, Denai Alam, Kampung Melayu Subang, Galaksi, Subang 2, LTSAAS, RRIM, Surian, Kenanga, Mutiara Damansara and Penchala.

DASH Highway at Mutiara Damansara section going into a full-enclosure noise barrier tunnel.

History

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The increasing development along the links of Shah Alam and Jalan Batu Arang (Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari) facilitated the need of increasing road capacity. So, Prolintas proposed that the expressway to be built to meet these requirements. It would not only serve as an alternative route for Persiaran Surian in Kota Damansara and to the Subang Airport, but also act as a link between east and west of Klang Valley, thus crossing over the New Klang Valley Expressway, and linking existing expressways such as the Guthrie Corridor Expressway, LDP and SPRINT. In addition, the expressway will solve congestion to the existing routes caused by the development at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia's land in the area.

PROLINTAS held the expressway's opening ceremony at Denai Alam toll plaza on 13 October 2022, and the expressway was opened to traffic on 14 October 2022, at 12:01 AM (MST). The toll were free of charge from the officially opened date until 30 November 2022[3][4] The project was allocated RM4.2 billion in the Budget 2015.[5]

Incidents

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  • 19 June 2021 – While the expressway was under construction, a stop-work order had been issued immediately following an incident which occurred above the New Klang Valley Expressway's Kota Damansara Interchange 107. The incident involved a metal scaffolding that fell off a dozen-meter high pillar, injuring two Bangladeshi workers. The injured workers were rushed to Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment,[6][7] unfortunately one of them died on the following day.[8][9] Since the crash occurred in a closed area, no motorist was injured.[10]
  • 20 October 2022 – A food delivery motorcyclist was killed after his motorcycle skidded and crashed at a highway divider through the full-enclosure noise barriers westbound from Penchala Interchange. The victim was taken to University Malaya Medical Centre for post-mortem.[11][12]
DASH Highway heading towards Penchala interchange with the Sprint Expressway and Damansara–Puchong Expressway inside a fully-enclosure noise barrier tunnel

Tolls

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DASH adopts an open toll system.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

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As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Kota Damansara, Kwasa Damansara and Denai Alam Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at these three toll plazas on DASH are conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs beginning 1 December 2022.

Toll rates

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There are three toll plazas along DASH, namely, Denai Alam, RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) and Kota Damansara, each charging at the same rate.

(Starting 1 December 2022)[13]

Class Type of vehicles Rate
(in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0 Motorcycles Free
1 Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis RM 2.30
2 Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses RM 4.60
3 Vehicles with 3 or more axles RM 6.90
4 Taxis RM 1.20
5 Buses RM 2.30

List of interchanges

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Km Exit Interchange To Remarks
3101 Puncak Perdana Interchange B49 Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari
Northwest
Puncak Alam
Meru
Setia Alam
Batu Arang
Kuala Selangor

East
Bukit Jelutong
Shah Alam
Klang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Johor Bahru
Semi directional T interchange
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
Start/End of expressway
PROLINTAS border limit
3102 Alam Suria Interchange Sunway Alam Suria
Perdana Heights
Puncak Perdana
UiTM Puncak Perdana Campus
Half diamond interchange. Eastbound entrance and westbound exit only.
Denai Alam Rest and Service Area Both directions; separated
Denai Alam toll plaza
Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
3104 Denai Alam Interchange North
3104A
Guthrie Corridor Expressway
Rawang
Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway Kuala Selangor
North–South Expressway Northern Route Ipoh

Northwest
3104B
Persiaran Elektron
Bukit Subang
Denai Alam
Guthrie Corridor Expressway
Shah Alam
Klang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Seremban
Johor Bahru
Half cloverleaf interchange. Eastbound exits and westbound entrance only.
3105 Kampung Melayu Subang Interchange FT 15 Jalan Sungai Buloh
Kampung Melayu Subang
Bandar Pinggiran Subang
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
3106 Subang 2 Interchange Subang 2 Westbound entrance only from Jalan Sungai Buloh
RRIM Toll Plaza Interchange East
Surian Interchange
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
3107 West
RRIM and LTSAAS Interchanges
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
3108 Surian Interchange Persiaran Surian
Northwest
3108A
Jalan Teknologi
Taman Sains Selangor

Southeast
3108B
Kota Damansara
Sunway Damansara
Eastbound entrance and westbound exit only
3108A Seksyen 5, Kota Damansara Interchange Persiaran Kenanga, Petaling Jaya
West
Kota Damansara

East
North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 New Klang Valley Expressway
Ipoh
Kuala Lumpur
Klang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Johor Bahru
Eastbound entrance only from west
3109 Sunway Damansara Interchange Persiaran Mahogani
Kota Damansara
Desa Temuan
Eastbound entrance from north and westbound exit to south only
Kota Damansara toll plaza
Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
3109A Damansara Perdana Interchange Jalan PJU 8/1
Damansara
Bukit Lanjan
Eastbound entrance only
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
Start/End of expressway
PROLINTAS border limit
3110 Penchala Interchange Diamond Interchange
West
Jalan PJU 7/9
Jalan PJU 8/1

Stacked Interchange
East
3110A
Sprint Expressway Penchala Link
Sprint Expressway Taman Tun Dr Ismail
Sprint Expressway Mont Kiara
North–South Expressway Northern Route Kuala Lumpur
North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 Ipoh
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Ampang
East Coast Expressway Kuantan
East Coast Expressway Genting Highlands

North
3110B
Damansara–Puchong Expressway Damansara-Puchong Expressway
Kepong
Sungai Buloh
Bandar Sri Damansara

South
3110C
Damansara–Puchong Expressway Damansara-Puchong Expressway
Petaling Jaya
Puchong
Putrajaya
Cyberjaya
Sungai Besi
Stacked expressway interchange (Dubbed as the Spaghetti junction)
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Km Exit Interchange To Remarks
Pinggiran Subang Interchange Bandar Pinggiran Subang Eastbound entrance from Jalan Sungai Buloh and Persiaran Galaksi
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
(Kampung Melayu–Kota Damansara Link)
PROLINTAS border limit
Eastbound entrance from Jalan Sungai Buloh only
3106 Subang Airport Interchange South
3106A
FT 15 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Highway
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Ara Damansara
Petaling Jaya
Subang Jaya

West
3106B
FT 15 Jalan Sungai Buloh
Bandar Pinggiran Subang
Kampung Melayu Subang
Denai Alam
Stack Interchange. Eastbound entrances (including from Persiaran Cakerawala) and westbound exits only.
3107 Kwasa Damansara Interchange Northeast
FT 15 Batu Tiga–Sungai Buloh Highway
Sungai Buloh
Kuala Selangor
Kepong
Eastbound entrance and westbound exit only
RRIM Toll Plaza Interchange West
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway

Main Link
Puncak Alam
Meru
Shah Alam

Eastbound entrance and westbound exit only
RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) Layby Westbound
Tri–Complex Administrative Building Eastbound
RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) toll plaza
MyRFID Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) Layby Eastbound
RRIM Toll Plaza Interchange East
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway

Main Link
Mont Kiara
Kepong
Kuala Lumpur

Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
U–Turn Sungai Buloh
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
Eastbound only
East
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway

Main Link
Damansara Perdana
Kepong
Kuala Lumpur

Southwest bound exit and northeast bound entrance bound only
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
(Kampung Melayu–Kota Damansara Link)
PROLINTAS border limit
3108 Surian Interchange Persiaran Surian
Northwest
3108A
Jalan Teknologi
Taman Sains Selangor

Southeast (vehicles exceeding 5.4 meters in height are not allowed to access the exit)
3108B
Kota Damansara
Sunway Damansara
Semi directional T Interchange; no entry from northwest direction
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References

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  1. ^ https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pua&language=BI&no=P.U.%20(A)%20369/2022 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "No approval for Damansara-Shah Alam highway yet, Selangor rep says". Malay Mail.
  3. ^ "Proposed Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway". Prolintas. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  4. ^ "RRIM rubber estate to make way for development". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 15 Oct 2018.
  5. ^ "RM48b for four highways, MRT, LRT extension". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  6. ^ "Stop work order issued on DASH construction site after mishap [NSTTV]". NST.com.my. 19 June 2021.
  7. ^ Meikeng, Yeun (19 June 2021). "Scaffolding collapse at DASH injures two workers". thestar.com.
  8. ^ "One of the workers injured in DASH scaffolding collapse dies". thestar.com. 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ Nurul Hidayah Bahaudin (20 June 2021). "Injured worker in DASH highway construction mishap dies". NST.com.my.
  10. ^ "Scaffolding Collapses At DASH Highway Construction Site, One Worker Dies". propertyguru.com.my. 21 June 2021.
  11. ^ "DASH Expressway records first fatality". thestar.com. 20 October 2022.
  12. ^ BERNAMA (20 October 2022). "DASH records first death". NST.com.my.
  13. ^ "KADAR TOL: Lebuhraya DASH". Retrieved 30 November 2022.