New Pantai Expressway

The New Pantai Expressway (Malay: Lebuhraya Baru Pantai) (known as NPE) New Pantai Expressway, is a controlled-access highway in the Klang Valley region of Peninsular Malaysia. The 19.6-kilometre (12.2-mile) expressway runs parallel to the Federal Highway, between Subang Jaya, Selangor in the southwest and Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur in the northeast.^[1]

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New Pantai Expressway Lebuhraya Baru Pantai Lebuhraya NPE
Route information
Maintained by New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd
Length	19.6 km (12.2 mi) Main route: 14.0 km (8.7 mi) Salak link: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
Existed	2000–present
History	Completed in 2004
Major junctions
Southwest end	Persiaran Tujuan at Subang Jaya, Selangor
Major intersections	Persiaran Kewajipan Damansara–Puchong Expressway Damansara–Puchong Expressway FT 2 Federal Highway B14 Jalan Klang Lama Jalan Kuchai Lama East–West Link Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway Maju Expressway Maju Expressway
Northeast end	Jalan Bangsar at Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	USJ, Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Kuchai Lama, Pantai Dalam, Pantai Bahru, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

History and pioneer routes

New Pantai Expressway near Subang Jaya.

The expressway was known as Jalan Subang Utama (Persiaran Tujuan–PJS), Jalan Klang Lama (Federal Highway–Jalan Templer side) and Jalan Pantai Dalam (Jalan Bangsar–Kampung Pantai Dalam side). The project was awarded to Maxtro Engineering Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Berjaya Group but it was handed over to the new concessionaire, New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of IJM Corporation Berhad in 2002.

New Pantai Expressway Sunway section

It was constructed between 2000 and 2004. Construction of the expressways was led by Road Builder (M) Holdings Berhad (RBH) which in 2007 was acquired by IJM Corporation Berhad. Phase 1, which is between Jengka roundabout and Bandar Sunway was completed in 2002. The next sections from Bandar Sunway to Pantai Baharu (Phase 2) and Pantai to Salak South (Phase 3: Salak Link) were completed in 2003. During construction, the concessionaire temporarily relocated 2,000 squatters in Pantai Dalam while building them 980 low-cost apartments close to their settlement. The expressway was officially opened on 30 April 2004.

Tujuan Interchange which replaced a T-junction was constructed between 2004 and 2006. The Bulatan Gasing ramp from NPE to Jalan Gasing was also constructed between 2004 and 2006. A special ramp to Sunway Pyramid's parking floor was constructed between January and November 2007. It was opened in December 2007.

Original routes

The construction of the New Pantai Expressway includes the acquisition and upgrades of several major roads as follows:-

Highway shield	Roads	Sections
	Jalan Subang Utama	Persiaran Tujuan–PJS
B14	Jalan Klang Lama	Federal Highway–Jalan Templer
	Jalan Pantai Dalam	Jalan Bangsar–Kampung Pantai Dalam

Features

Among its features are a flyover towards Bangsar and the Kewajipan Ramp, a ramp from Jalan Kewajipan to the expressway. There are no laybys and rest and service areas on this expressway. Another feature is the shopping complex landmark at Bandar Sunway, Sunway Pyramid. In December 2007 the special ramp to the Sunway Pyramid's parking floor was opened. The Indah Water Konsortium's Sewerage Treatment Plant Pantai Dalam is located along the expressway.

Controversial issues

Kampung Dato' Harun toll plaza near Taman Medan

About 50 people in Petaling Jaya Selatan staged a peaceful rally at the New Pantai Expressway’s (NPE) Kampung Dato' Harun toll plaza near Taman Medan here, demanding the NPE toll be abolished as it was burdening the people, especially nearby residents. Acting Petaling Jaya Selatan UMNO chief Raja Datuk Hanipuddin Raja Datuk Nong Chik said the residents had to spend an average of RM500 monthly on the toll.

"They have to pay RM1.60, even though their houses are located just 200m from the toll plaza. The toll charge is probably the highest in the Klang Valley," he said.^[2]

On 13 February 2009, the PJS 2 toll plaza for Kuala Lumpur-bound was abolished. This was at the request of the government following complaints from nearby residents who had no alternative route in a Kuala Lumpur-bound direction and were thus compelled to pay too frequently. The government agreed to abolish the toll plaza from Sunway Pyramid heading towards Kuala Lumpur begimning 00.01 hours 14 February 2009.^[3]

Tolls

The New Pantai Expressway uses opened toll systems.

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transaction at the Pantai Dalam, PJS 5 and PJS 2 Toll Plaza, all toll transactions at three toll plazas on the New Pantai Expressway will be conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs starting 13 January 2016.

Toll rates

(Since 15 October 2015)

Class	Types of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
		PJS 5	PJS 2	Pantai Dalam
0	Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)	Free
1	Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses))	2.30	1.00	2.30
2	Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding buses))	4.60
3	Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses))	6.90
4	Taxis	1.20
5	Buses	1.60

List of interchanges

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Tujuan Interchange	Persiaran Tujuan North FT 2 Shah Alam FT 2 Klang FT 2 Kuala Lumpur FT 3212 Glenmarie South UEP Subang Jaya SS 18 and SS 19	Directional-T interchange
		SS 17 Exit	North Jalan SS 17/2	Bangsar bound
		SS 18 Exit	North Jalan SS 18/3	Persiaran Tujuan bound
Jalan Subang Utama MBSJ border limit
New Pantai Expressway 0	1001	Jengka Interchange	Jalan Jengka North Subang Jaya city centre Subang Parade Empire Subang SS 15 South SS 17 and SS 18	Diamond interchange
New Pantai Expressway New Pantai Expressway (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Start/end of expressway NPE border limit
		SS 14 Exit	South Jalan SS/14/14	Persiaran Tujuan bound
		SS 15 Exit	North Jalan SS 15/8 Subang Jaya Pos Office Inti College University of Wollongong Sri Kuala Lumpur	Bangsar bound
	1002	Kewajipan Interchange	Persiaran Kewajipan North Subang Jaya city centre SS 12 and SS 15 Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya South UEP Subang Jaya Shah Alam Expressway Shah Alam Expressway Klang Shah Alam Kota Kemuning Cheras Ampang Kuantan	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
		Sungai Penanga bridge
		U-Turn	U-Turn Persiaran Tujuan
		Sunway Pyramid Interchange	South Sunway Pyramid Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre Sunway Pyramid Sunway Lagoon	Directional T interchange
		Bandar Sunway Exit	South Persiaran Lagoon Bandar Sunway Sunway Pyramid Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel Sunway Medical Centre Monash University, Sunway Campus	One way traffic to Jalan Lagoon Timur
		Mentari Exit	North Jalan PJS 8/9 Mentari Business Centre	Bangsar bound
		Jalan Lagoon Timur Exit	South Jalan Lagoon Timur Bandar Sunway Menara Sunway Sunway Medical Centre	Subang Jaya bound
	1003	PJS Interchange	Damansara–Puchong Expressway Damansara–Puchong Expressway North Kepong Damansara Kelana Jaya South Puchong Putrajaya Cyberjaya Sungai Besi	Multi-level single-point urban interchange
		PJS 7 Exit	South Jalan PJS 7/11 PJS 7	Subang Jaya bound
		PJS 6 Exit	North Jalan PJS 6/4 PJS 6	Bangsar bound
		PJS 5 Exit	Jalan PJS 5/1 PJS 5 U-Turn Bandar Sunway Subang Jaya	Bangsar bound
		Sungai Penchala bridge
		PJS 5 toll plaza PJS	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	Kuala Lumpur/Bangsar bound
PJS 5 toll plaza PJS (Kuala Lumpur/Bangsar bound) SmartTAG BET SmartTAG MyRFID Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll system Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
		PJCC Exit	PJCC	Subang Jaya bound
		PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only)		Start of flyover Bangsar bound
		PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only) Sungai Penchala bridge
	1004	PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only) Federal Highway Interchange	Jalan PJS 2C bound Jalan PJS 2C PJS 2 Kampung Medan Jalan Klang Lama bound FT 2 Jalan Klang Lama Seri Setia Komuter station Federal Highway bound FT 2 Federal Highway Klang Shah Alam Subang Kelana Jaya	Interchange From/to Bangsar only
		PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only) PJS 2 toll plaza PJS	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	Subang Jaya/Federal Highway bound
PJS 2 toll plaza PJS (Subang Jaya/Federal Highway bound) TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG BET Opened toll system Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
		PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only) Kampung Dato Harun Komuter station	Kampung Dato Harun Komuter station KTM Komuter	Bangsar bound
		PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only) PJS 2 Exit	PJS 2	Subang Jaya bound
	1005	PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only) Maju Jaya Interchange	South Jalan Maju Jaya 1/1 Kampung Dato' Harun PJS 2 Taman Maju Jaya U-Turn	Diamond interchange
		PJS 2 flyover (towards Bangsar only)		End of flyover Bangsar bound
		PJS 1 Exit	PJS 1	Subang Jaya bound
		Templer flyover	Below flyover FT 2 Jalan Klang Lama Puchong Kuchai Lama Jalan Templer Petaling Jaya	Start/end of flyover
	1006	Templer flyover Templer Interchange	Below flyover North Jalan Templer Petaling Jaya New Town (State) Old Town	Below flyover junctions
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
Templer flyover Selangor-FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
		Templer flyover		Start/end of flyover
		Kampung Pasir Ramp Exit	Kampung Pasir	From/to Bangsar only
Pantai Dalam toll plaza PTI TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG BET MyRFID SmartTAG BET SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll system Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
		Pantai Dalam toll plaza PTI	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre NPE operation office	Both directions
	1007	Pantai Dalam Interchange	East New Pantai Expressway NPE Extension Expressway New Pantai Expressway Kuchai Lama Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Seremban Maju Expressway Putrajaya North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)	Interchange
		Railway crossing bridge
		Kampung Pantai Dalam Exit	Kampung Pantai Dalam Pantai Dalam Komuter station KTM Komuter	From/to Subang Jaya only
		Kampung Pantai Dalam Exit	Kampung Pantai Dalam Pantai Dalam Komuter station KTM Komuter	From/to Bangsar only
		Indah Water Konsortium's Sewerage Treatment Plant Pantai Dalam
	1011	Pantai Dalam Interchange	West Jalan Bukit Angkasa Pantai Dalam Bangsar South (Kerinchi) East Jalan Kampung Pasir PPR Kampung Pasir PPR Pantai Dalam	Diamond interchange
		Angkasapuri	Angkasapuri Main building Wisma TV Wisma Radio International Broadcast Centre (IBC)	Bangsar bound
		Federal Highway ramp		From Federal Highway only
		Angkasapuri Komuter station	Angkasapuri Komuter station KTM Komuter
		Sungai Pantai bridge
	1012	Pantai Baharu tied arch bridge Pantai Baharu Interchange	West Jalan Pantai Baharu FT 2 Petaling Jaya Universiti Malaya East KL Eco City (Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum)	Diamond interchange
New Pantai Expressway New Pantai Expressway (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Start/end of expressway NPE border limit
Jalan Bangsar DBKL border limit
New Pantai Expressway 14			Northeast Jalan Bangsar Kuala Lumpur KL Sentral Brickfields Bangsar

References

1. "New Pantai Expressway – Lebuhraya Baru Pantai (NPE) – HiSCS". 8 November 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. . New Straits Times. 7 February 2009 http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/NewsBreak/20090207170048/Article/index_html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "Toll at PJS2 plaza abolished". The Star. 14 February 2009.

External links

• IJM
• NPE