Lebuhraya Sprint

**E23 Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat** atau lebih dikenali dengan akronimnya **Lebuhraya Sprint** ialah salah satu rangkaian lebuh raya utama di Lembah Klang, Malaysia. Lebuh raya sepanjang 26.5 km (16.5 batu) ini terbahagi kepada tiga bahagian atau pakej: **Hubungan Kerinchi**, **Hubungan Damansara** dan **Hubungan Penchala**. Lebuh raya ini juga dikenali sebagai **Lebuhraya Skim Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat**. Ia merupakan lebuhraya tiga lorong setiap halayang dibina untuk menyuraikan pengangkutan dari jalan bandar dalaman yang sesak dan jalan perumahan sempit ke Kuala Lumpur dari subbandar barat, termasuk Petaling Jaya, Damansara, dan kawasan sekeliling. Ia merupakan salah satu lebuhraya paling sibuk semasa waktu sibuk ke dan dari pusat bandaraya.

## Latar belakang lebuhraya

### Perhubungan Kerinchi

The  sections from Seputeh Interchange at Federal Highway to NKVE at Jalan Duta. The Kilometre Zero of the Kerinchi Link's section is located at Mont Kiara-NKVE Interchange.

### Hubungan Damansara

The  sections from Kayu Ara to Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of the Damansara Link's section is located at Kampung Kayu Ara in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

### Hubungan Penchala

The  sections from Damansara–Puchong Expressway at Penchala, Penchala Tunnel to Mont Kiara. The Kilometre Zero of the Penchala Link's section is located at Mont Kiara Interchange

## Sejarah

The proposal to build the expressway was motivated by heavy traffic on Jalan Damansara. The concession for the expressway was awarded to Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (SPRINT). On 23 October 1997, the concession agreement was signed between the Government of Malaysia and Sprint for the privatisation of the improvement, upgrading, design, construction, maintenance, operations, and management of the expressway.

A supplementary agreement was subsequently signed on 4 September 1998 to defer the construction of the Penchala Link. The concession period is for 33 years and commenced on the effective date on 15 December 1998. After this period, the toll collection will cease and the highways will be handed over to the government. Construction began in 1999, which included acquiring and upgrading several major roads, such as Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kayu Ara, Jalan Sri Hartamas, and Jalan Semantan. The Kerinchi Link and Damansara Link were opened in 2001, followed by the Penchala Link in 2004.

This expressway also featured its own toll collection system known as the "FasTrak". On 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system was replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems.

### Jalan terdahulu
Pembinaan Lebuhraya SPRINT termasuk mengambil dan menaiktaraf sebahagian jalan utama:

#### Hubungan Kerinchi

#### Hubungan Damansara

## Ciri-ciri

The expressway has several notable features:

*Kerinchi Link, the first double deck carriageway in Malaysia.
*Penchala Tunnel, the widest road tunnel in Malaysia.
*The former Damansara Town Centre on Damansara Link as the "island" of separated carriageway.
*The 3&nbsp;km toll-free road at Damansara Link as an alternative to residents who live in Sections 16 and 17 of Petaling Jaya
*The Speed Indicator Display (SID) at Kerinchi Link.
*The elevated Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT line from Taman Tun Dr Ismail to Jalan Duta

## Kontroversi dan kritikan
### Hubungan Kerinchi di tapak Universiti Malaya

The double-deck carriageway design of Kerinchi Link from Bukit Kiara Interchange Exit 2307 to Kerinchi Interchange Exit 2308 was made as a result of the early controversial issues during the development stage. The construction of the stretch took place at the border of Universiti Malaya, which meant that the construction could take up some of the university area, which sparked complaints. As a result, the expressway concessionaire Sprint came up with the idea of a double-deck carriageway which could reduce the land usage.

### Damansara Town Centre as the "island" of separated carriageway
During the construction of the expressway, Jalan Semantan could not be widened to six lanes; consequently, the highway concessionaire took another main road at Damansara Town Centre for the Eastbound route, including Jalan Johar and Jalan Beringin. Damansara Town Centre became the "island" of the separated carriageways.

### Unopened 2-lane off-ramp to Penchala Link at Sri Hartamas

#### Disputed ramp
When the expressway was opened to the traffic, the 530 m-long two-lane off-ramp from the Northbound direction of Kerinchi Link to Penchala Link at the Mont Kiara Interchange Exit 2303 could not be opened to traffic as a result of a land owner fencing the land which became a part of the ramp. The land owner's action has created difficulties among the residents of Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas, and even the highway concessionaire itself.

Meanwhile, the highway concessionaire has made a narrower temporary ramp to Penchala Link but according to the highway concessionaire, the temporary ramp is quite unsafe due to risks of being collided from behind. For the time being, the highway concessionaire is still negotiating with the land owner in order to open the two-lane ramp.

#### Opening the ramp
At 3pm, 3 June 2010, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor officially opened this disputed ramp.

Hitherto, road users living in the Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas areas wanting to go to Jalan Duta, Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) and Penchala Link only had two lanes to use.

"This new ramp will ease the movement of almost 22,000 vehicles per day", he told reporters after opening the ramp.

Shaziman said the 50-metre ramp, which was delayed for seven years owing to problems related to acquisition of land, was completed in five months after the intervention by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who had immediately approved about RM20 million for the acquisition of land.

### The old SJKC Damansara near Sprint Expressway
The old SJKC Damansara has one block located at Section 17 near Jalan Damansara (now Sprint Expressway). However, on 26 January 2001, the school was moved from old block at Section 17 to the new smart school at PJU 3, near Tropicana Golf and Country Club following the instructions from federal government that it no longer provided a "conducive learning environment" because of traffic congestion and noise pollution from the neighbouring Sprint Expressway.

## Tol
Lebuhraya Sprint guna sistem tol terbuka.

### Kutipan Tol Elektronik (ETC)
Sebagai sebahagian daripada inisiatif untuk memudahkan urus niaga yang lebih pantas di Plaza Tol Hubungan Kerinchi, Hubungan Damansara dan Hubungan Penchala, semua urus niaga tol di tiga laluan plaza tol di Lebuhraya Sprint telah dikendalikan secara elektronik melalui kad Touch 'n Go atau SmartTAG sejak 2 Mac 2016.

### Kadar tol
*(Sehingga 15 Oktober 2015)*

### Nama tol

## Senarai persimpangan

### Hubungan Kerinchi (utara–selatan)
Keseluruhan bahagian hubungan ini terletak di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur.

### Hubungan Damansara (barat–timur)

### Hubungan Penchala (barat–timur)

## Rujukan

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