West Coast Expressway

Expressway 32
West Coast Expressway
West Coast Expressway (Peninsular Malaysia)
Route information
Maintained by West Coast Expressway (WCE) Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Konsortium Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (KPLB) Sdn Bhd)
Length	233.0 km (144.8 mi)
Existed	2014–present
History	Completion schedule for 2019
Major junctions
North end	Changkat Jering, Perak
	North–South Expressway Northern Route Federal Route 60 Federal Route 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway Federal Route 58 Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway North Klang Straits Bypass Federal Highway Shah Alam Expressway South Klang Valley Expressway Jalan Banting–Dengkil Labohan Dagang–Nilai Route
South end	Banting, Selangor
Location
Primary destinations	Taiping Beruas Sitiawan Teluk Intan Hutan Melintang Sabak Bernam Tanjung Karang Kuala Selangor Kapar Klang Banting
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The West Coast Expressway, WCE (Malay: Lebuhraya Pesisiran Pantai Barat or Lebuhraya Pantai Barat), LPPB or LPB, is an expressway that will be built on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It will connect Taiping, Perak to Banting in Selangor. The expressway will be built by Konsortium Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (KLPB) led by Kumpulan Europlus Berhad the project majority owner and Road Builder Group a subsidiary of IJM Corporation Bhd. Approval was given by the government for the construction to begin from 20 December 2013 and to be completed within five years.^[1] The project was delayed, and construction began in May 2014.

Overview

Construction of the expressway will be divided into eleven packages. Works for the first five packages will commence in April 2014 of which three packages are in Selangor while the other two in Perak. The stretch between Tanjung Karang to Hutan Melintang and Teluk Intan to Kampung Lekir will be on the existing stretch of Federal Route 5, while the stretch between Parit to Siputeh will be on the existing stretch of Federal Route 73 which both will be upgraded as part of the expressway. The expressway will have a closed toll system like North–South Expressway.

The highway will cost about RM 4.6 billion, where RM3.6 billion will be construction costs. The concessionaire company is planning to issue bonds in 2009. Construction has been delayed to 2009 because of changes in alignment and costing. It is expected to complete in 2012.^[2]

On 12 November 2008, the project was shelved as terms of the current deal could not be finalized within a 15-month time frame. A new tender have to be open out.^[3]

On 26 January 2012, Europlus Group Bhd obtained the MYR 7.07 billion tender to build the highway from the government. The highway will have a total length of 316 km, where 92 km will be toll free. The highway will be built on the build-operate-transfer concept with a concession period of 60 years.^[4]

On 25 May 2015, the construction of the new West Coast Expressway began. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new expressway was held at Teluk Intan, Perak.

Route background

The northern terminus of the expressway will be located after the border limit of E1 Changkat Jering Interchange on the North–South Expressway Northern Route. The southern terminus will be located at the Banting Interchange on Federal Route 31. The expressway will also have interchanges to Trong, Beruas, Changkat Cermin, Sitiawan, Lekir, Teluk Intan, Hutan Melintang, Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Sekinchan, Tanjung Karang, E25 Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway at Assam Jawa, Kapar, E30 New North Klang Straits Bypass, E1 New Klang Valley Expressway at Bukit Raja, FT2 Federal Highway Route 2 at Klang, Sri Andalas, E5 Shah Alam Expressway near Jalan Kebun and E26 South Klang Valley Expressway.

Features

• Bridge crossing Perak River and Bernam River.

Junction list

State	District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Perak	Larut, Matang & Selama		EXIT 145	Changkat Jering (U)	() North–South Expressway Northern Route – Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, George Town, Alor Setar, Kuala Lumpur
			EXIT 32XX	Trong	Federal Route 60 – Trong
	Manjung		EXIT 32XX	Beruas	Federal Route 73 – Beruas, Parit Federal Route 60 – Pantai Remis	Trumpet interchange
			EXIT 32XX	Changkat Cermin	Federal Route 5 – Changkat Cermin, Bota, Seri Iskandar, Ipoh	Trumpet interchange
			EXIT 32XX	Sitiawan (U)	Federal Route 5 – Sitiawan, Ayer Tawar Federal Route 100 –Seri Manjung, Lumut, Pelabuhan Lumut , Pulau Pangkor , Teluk Senangin	Trumpet interchange
			EXIT 32XX	Sitiawan	Federal Route 5 – Sitiawan Federal Route 60 – Seri Manjung, Lumut, Pelabuhan Lumut , Pulau Pangkor , Teluk Batik	Trumpet interchange
			EXIT 32XX	Lekir	Federal Route 5 – Lekir	Diamond interchange
						Western terminus of concurrency with
				Kampung Kayan
	Perak Tengah			Jalan Trans Perak	A266 Jalan Trans Perak – FELCRA Seberang Perak, Kampung Gajah, Bota Kiri
				Jalan Ulu Dedap	A18 Jalan Ulu Dedap – Ulu Dedap, Pasir Salak, Kampung Gajah
	Hilir Perak			Sungai Dedap
				Sungai Rubana
			Sultan Yusuf Bridge
						Eastern terminus of concurrency with
			EXIT 32XX	Teluk Intan	Federal Route 58 – Teluk Intan, Bidor Federal Route 5 – Hutan Melintang, Bagan Datuk	Diamond interchange
	Bagan Datuk		EXIT 32XX	Hutan Melintang	Federal Route 5 – Hutan Melintang Federal Route 69 – Bagan Datuk	Diamond interchange
						Northern terminus of concurrency with
Perak–Selangor border			Sungai Bernam Bridge
Selangor	Sabak Bernam			Sabak Bernam	B53 Jalan Gertak Tinggi – Sabak Bernam	Diamond interchange
				Jalan Sungai Air Tawar	B55 Jalan Sungai Air Tawar – Sungai Air Tawar, Bagan Nakhoda Omar	Diamond interchange
				Sungai Besar	B51 Jalan Sungai Limau Dua – Sungai Besar	Diamond interchange
				Jalan Sungai Panjang	B44 Jalan Sungai Panjang – Sungai Panjang, Tanjung Malim	Half-diamond interchange
				Sekinchan	Jalan Bahagia – Sekinchan	Diamond interchange
	Kuala Selangor					Southern terminus of concurrency with
			EXIT 32XX	Tanjung Karang	Federal Route 5 – Tanjung Karang
			EXIT 32XX	Assam Jawa	Federal Route 54 – Kuala Selangor, Bestari Jaya Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway – Rawang, Selayang, Kuala Lumpur, Damansara
	Klang		EXIT 32XX	Kapar	Federal Route 5 – Kapar Jalan Perindustrian Kapar–Meru – Meru, Setia Alam	Trumpet interchange
			EXIT 32XX	New North Klang Straits Bypass 2	Jalan Perindustrian Kapar–Meru – Meru, Setia Alam New North Klang Straits Bypass – Pelabuhan Klang	Partial cloverleaf interchange
			EXIT 32XX	New North Klang Straits Bypass 1	New Klang Valley Expressway – Shah Alam, Subang, Damansara, Kuala Lumpur New North Klang Straits Bypass – Pelabuhan Klang
			EXIT 32XX	Federal Highway Route 2	Federal Route 2 – Klang, Pelabuhan Klang , Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
			EXIT 32XX	Sri Andalas	Federal Route 190 – Taman Sri Andalas
			EXIT 32XX	Shah Alam Expressway	Shah Alam Expressway – Pulau Indah , Klang, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
	Kuala Langat		EXIT 32XX	South Klang Valley Expressway	South Klang Valley Expressway – Pulau Indah , Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang	Trumpet interchange
			EXIT 32XX	Banting	Jalan Banting–Dengkil – Banting, Dengkil, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Federal Route 5 – Morib, Tanjung Sepat

References

External links

• West Coast Expressway (WCE) Sdn Bhd