Mapping KL’s hidden network

An excavator clearing earth beside a main road in Kuala Lumpur.

WHEN a huge hole appeared on the busy intersection of Jalan Imbi and Pavilion Kuala Lumpur five years ago, causing traffic chaos in the business district, initial reports by the authorities were vague.

There was lots of finger-pointing as to who or what had caused the gridlock at the major thoroughfare serving the city’s bustling Golden Triangle.