Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway

The Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway FT 38^[1] is a controlled-access highway entirely within Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The 8.1-kilometre (5.0-mile) expressway connects the end of the North–South Expressway Southern Route at Pandan to the Johor–Singapore Causeway in the city centre. The expressway was constructed to allow cross-border traffic to bypass the city centre and reduce congestion along Tebrau Highway, the existing main route to the causeway. The construction costs of the expressway is RM 1 billion.^[2]

Expressway 14
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway Lebuhraya Penyebaran Timur Johor Bahru
EDL in red
Route information
Part of AH2
Maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department
Length	8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Existed	2007–present
History	Completed in 2012
Major junctions
North end	North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Southern Route at Pandan-Tebrau, Johor
Major intersections	FT 3 Tebrau Highway FT 35 Johor Bahru East Coast Highway J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
South end	Bukit Timah Expressway at the Johor–Singapore Causeway
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Permas Jaya, Kampung Bakar Batu, Pasir Pelangi, Stulang
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway

In August 2012, the Malaysian government decided that it will acquire the expressway from Malaysia Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB).^[3][4]

The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located after the CIQ Interchange before the Sultan Iskandar Building towards the Malaysia-Singapore border.

History

Construction

The construction of the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link was proposed in 2004 in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006–2010). The construction began on 1 October 2007 and was completed on 20 March 2012. On 1 April 2012, the highway was opened to public, delayed from its scheduled launch in the first quarter of 2012.^[5]

Government Acquirement^[4]

Talk of the government to acquire EDL had been ongoing since August 2012. In December 2017, the government terminated the EDL concession agreement and agreed to take over the highway, resulting in toll collections at the EDL being abolished since January 2018. In November 2018, the government announced that it will take over the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) for RM1.3 billion in Budget 2019.

Controversies

Houses along Jalan Sri Pelangi Satu and Jalan Sri Pelangi Dua had been reclaimed by the government due to the necessity to use the land for the project. The compensation sum given to the owners of the houses was considered low by many of the residents there. However, no further adjustments was made to the sum.^{[citation needed]}

Another major controversy is that only the motorists who use the CIQ complex to travel to Singapore will be charged the toll; whether or not the EDL is used. However, on 30 August 2012, five months after the EDL was opened to public, the controversy was resolved when the government announced that they will take over the EDL from MRCB. On 1 January 2018, toll collections at JB Eastern Dispersal Link was abolished and replaced by Road Charge on every Singapore car that enters Malaysia.^{[citation needed]}

List of interchanges

Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and rest and service areas along the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from north to south.^{[citation needed]}

The entire section is located within the district of Johor Bahru, Johor.^{[citation needed]}

Location	km	Exit	Interchange	Destinations	Notes/Remarks
Woodlands			Johor–Singapore Causeway	South Singapore Woodlands Checkpoint AH2 Bukit Timah Expressway	Start (northbound)/end (southbound) of causeway
Singapore Woodlands border
Johor–Singapore Causeway ASEAN Singapore–Malaysia Border
Malaysia Johor Darul Takzim Johor Bahru district border
Johor Bahru			Johor–Singapore Causeway		End (northbound)/start (southbound) of causeway
	0.0			Sultan Iskandar Building	Johor Bahru checkpoint
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway AH2 Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway Southern end of expressway EDL border limit
Johor Bahru		1401	CIQ Interchange	FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road East Jalan Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar Building West Sultanah Aminah Hospital	Stack interchange
			Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover		Northbound start of flyover
Kampung Bakar Batu					Southbound end of flyover Southbound entrance only from Jalan Stulang Darat
		1402	___Interchange	J5 Jalan Pasir Pelangi North Taman Sentosa Johor Bahru city centre	Northbound entrance & exit only
		1403A	Bakar Batu Interchange	FT 35 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway East Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang	Northbound entrance & exit only
			Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover		End (northbound)/start (southbound) of flyover
	4.6	1403B	Bakar Batu Interchange	J5 Jalan Pasir Pelangi South Kampung Bakar Batu Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang	Northbound entrance & southbound exit only
			Mid Valley Southkey Interchange	Mid Valley Southkey	Interchange Operational since April 2019
Pandan			Sungai Sebulong Bridge
			Anak Sungai Sebulong Bridge
	6.6	Pandan rest and service area			Southbound only
	7.7	1404	Pandan Interchange	FT 3 Tebrau Highway Northeast Kota Tinggi Mersing Southwest Tampoi Johor Bahru city centre	Cloverleaf interchange No southbound exit to northeast direction
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway AH2 Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway Northern end of expressway EDL border limit
North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Southern Route Southern end of expressway PLUS border limit
Pandan				North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route Northwest Bandar Dato' Onn Setia Tropika Kempas Malacca Kuala Lumpur