Burning questions over new highways

Pekan Ampang will be drastically changed once the SUKE project is completed. — filepic

IN AMPANG, no issue has dominated the headlines quite like the building of two new highways in the municipality.

The East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) and the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Expressway (SUKE) were met with strong objections from various parties for reasons that included a bad alignment plan, dangerous threat to homes, forest reserves and the environment, and bulldozing through already highly dense townships.