Major highways help draw buyers to second-tier cities

GREATER accessibility through major highways has contributed to the rapid growth of Klang-Shah Alam corridor in the past decade. Reapfield Properties Sdn Bhd president David Ong said four major highways – North Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), North-South Expressway Central Link, Shapadu Highway and Federal Highway connects the second-tiered cities to city centre.With the opening of these highways in Klang-Shah Alam corridor, new townships development was further extended with the infrastructure in the surrounding areas.Ong said NKVE is a 35km expressway that runs between Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur (KL) and Bukit Raja, which is a new industrial and urban area in Klang.“NKVE is a heavily utilised route for residents in Damasara, KL, Klang Petaling Jaya, Subang and Sungai Buloh,” he said.Meanwhile, the North-South Expressway Central Link, better known as Expressway Lingkaran Tengah (ELITE), is a critical link that connects the north and south with an uninterrupted journey bypassing the congestion in KL, said Ong.ELITE starts at a new interchange on the existing NKVE near Shah Alam, transverse towards the south through Batu Tiga on Federal Highway Route 2, towards the KL International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang.It continued towards the east to connect with the existing North-South Expressway that is about 6km at the north of existing Nilai interchange. read more

(The Star 31-3-2008)