Section 2 of West Coast Expressway opens at midnight, toll-free for a month


Nanta (fourth from right) at the opening of Section 2 of the WCE on Jan 21. – BERNAMApic

KLANG: Section 2 of the West Coast Expressway (WCE) will be opened to traffic from midnight, taking Port Klang a step closer to becoming the largest logistics hub in South-East Asia.

Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said the 7.2km alignment connects the South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) elevated interchange and the Shah Alam Expressway (SAE) elevated interchange, facilitating access to Port Klang.

"The opening of this alignment is also expected to help reduce operating costs for the logistics sector, facilitate the delivery of goods and increase Malaysia's competitiveness on the international stage.

"This will directly attract investments to industrial areas and ports, besides creating job opportunities and being an economic catalyst,” he told a press conference after opening Section 2 of the WCE here on Tuesday (Jan 21).

Nanta also announced a month-long toll-free travel on the alignment from midnight.

"This toll-free travel is for users entering the WCE from the SAE toll plaza to the SKVE elevated interchange and vice versa,” he said.

Nanta said the alignment is a continuation of Section 1 of the WCE, opened on Aug 31, reducing the travel time between Shah Alam and Banting from one hour to just 25 minutes.

The minister said with the opening of Section 2, only three sections were left to be completed out of the total 11 alignments along the 45km expressway.

"The three alignments that have not been opened are all in this state (Selangor) with Section 3 expected to be opened next year,” he said. – Bernama

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