West Coast Expressway

Expressway 32
Expressway 32
West Coast Expressway
	West Coast Expressway (Peninsular Malaysia)
Route information
	Maintained by West Coast Expressway (WCE) Sdn Bhd; (formerly known as Konsortium Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (KPLB) Sdn Bhd)
Length	233 km (145 mi)
Existed	2014–present
History	Completion schedule for 2019
Major junctions
North end	Changkat Jering, Perak
	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route; FT 60 Federal Route 60; FT 5 Federal Route 5; FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway; FT 58 Federal Route 58; Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway; FT 20 New North Klang Straits Bypass North Klang Straits Bypass; FT 2 Federal Highway; Shah Alam Expressway Shah Alam Expressway; South Klang Valley Expressway South Klang Valley Expressway; FT 31 Jalan Banting–Dengkil; FT 32 Labohan Dagang–Nilai Route
South end	Banting, Selangor
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary; destinations	Taiping; Beruas; Sitiawan; Teluk Intan; Hutan Melintang; Sabak Bernam; Tanjung Karang; Kuala Selangor; Kapar; Klang; Banting
Highway system
	Highways in Malaysia; Expressways; Federal; State;

The West Coast Expressway, WCE West Coast Expressway (Malay: Lebuhraya Pesisiran Pantai Barat or Lebuhraya Pantai Barat), LPPB or LPB, is an expressway that will be built on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It will connect Taiping, Perak to Banting in Selangor. The expressway will be built by Konsortium Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (KLPB) led by Kumpulan Europlus Berhad the project majority owner and Road Builder Group a subsidiary of IJM Corporation Bhd. Approval was given by the government for the construction to begin from 20 December 2013 and to be completed within five years.^[1] The project was delayed, and construction began in May 2014.

Overview

Construction of the expressway will be divided into eleven packages. Works for the first five packages will commence in April 2014 of which three packages are in Selangor while the other two in Perak. The stretch between Tanjung Karang to Hutan Melintang and Teluk Intan to Kampung Lekir will be on the existing stretch of Federal Route 5, while the stretch between Parit to Siputeh will be on the existing stretch of Federal Route 73 which both will be upgraded as part of the expressway. The expressway will have a closed toll system like North–South Expressway.

The highway will cost about RM 4.6 billion, where RM3.6 billion will be construction costs. The concessionaire company is planning to issue bonds in 2009.^{[needs update]} Construction has been delayed to 2009 because of changes in alignment and costing. It is expected to complete in 2012.^{[needs update]}^[2]

On 12 November 2008, the project was shelved as terms of the current deal could not be finalized within a 15-month time frame. A new tender have to be open out.^[3]

On 26 January 2012, Europlus Group Bhd obtained the MYR 7.07 billion tender to build the highway from the government. The highway will have a total length of 316 km, where 92 km will be toll free. The highway will be built on the build-operate-transfer concept with a concession period of 60 years.^[4]

On 25 May 2015, the construction of the new West Coast Expressway began. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new expressway was held at Teluk Intan, Perak.

Route background

The northern terminus of the expressway will be located after the border limit of E1 Changkat Jering Interchange on the North–South Expressway Northern Route. The southern terminus will be located at the Banting Interchange on Federal Route 31. The expressway will also have interchanges to Trong, Beruas, Changkat Cermin, Sitiawan, Lekir, Teluk Intan, Hutan Melintang, Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Sekinchan, Tanjung Karang, E25 Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway at Assam Jawa, Kapar, E30 New North Klang Straits Bypass, E1 New Klang Valley Expressway at Bukit Raja, FT2 Federal Highway Route 2 at Klang, Sri Andalas, E5 Shah Alam Expressway near Jalan Kebun and E26 South Klang Valley Expressway.

Features

Bridge crossing Perak River and Bernam River.

Overlaps

Tanjung Karang–Hutan Melintang : Federal Route 5
Teluk Intan–Lekir : Federal Route 5
Parit–Siputih : Jalan Siputeh–Batu Hampar

Alternate routes

Beruas–Taiping South Interchange : Federal Route 60

Junction list

State	District	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Perak	Larut, Matang & Selama	Template:MES-EXIT	Changkat Jering (U)	North–South Expressway Northern Route( AH2) North–South Expressway Northern Route – Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, George Town, Alor Setar, Kuala Lumpur
	Larut, Matang & Selama	Template:MES-EXIT	Trong	FT 60 Federal Route 60 – Trong
	Manjung	Template:MES-EXIT	Beruas	FT 73 Federal Route 73 – Beruas, Parit FT 60 Federal Route 60 – Pantai Remis	Trumpet interchange
		Template:MES-EXIT	Changkat Cermin	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Changkat Cermin, Bota, Seri Iskandar, Ipoh	Trumpet interchange
		Template:MES-EXIT	Sitiawan (U)	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Sitiawan, Ayer Tawar FT 100 Federal Route 100 –Seri Manjung, Lumut, Pelabuhan Lumut , Pulau Pangkor , Teluk Senangin	Trumpet interchange
		Template:MES-EXIT	Sitiawan	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Sitiawan FT 60 Federal Route 60 – Seri Manjung, Lumut, Pelabuhan Lumut , Pulau Pangkor , Teluk Batik	Trumpet interchange
		Template:MES-EXIT	Lekir	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Lekir	Diamond interchange
					Western terminus of concurrency with FT 5
			Kampung Kayan
	Perak Tengah		Jalan Trans Perak	A266 Jalan Trans Perak – FELCRA Seberang Perak, Kampung Gajah, Bota Kiri
	Perak Tengah		Jalan Ulu Dedap	A18 Jalan Ulu Dedap – Ulu Dedap, Pasir Salak, Kampung Gajah
	Hilir Perak		Sungai Dedap
			Sungai Rubana
		Sultan Yusuf Bridge
					Eastern terminus of concurrency with FT 5
		Template:MES-EXIT	Teluk Intan	FT 58 Federal Route 58 – Teluk Intan, Bidor FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Hutan Melintang, Bagan Datuk	Diamond interchange
	Bagan Datuk	Template:MES-EXIT	Hutan Melintang	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Hutan Melintang FT 69 Federal Route 69 – Bagan Datuk	Diamond interchange
	Bagan Datuk				Northern terminus of concurrency with FT 5
Perak–Selangor border		Sungai Bernam Bridge
Selangor	Sabak Bernam		Sabak Bernam	B53 Jalan Gertak Tinggi – Sabak Bernam	Diamond interchange
			Jalan Sungai Air Tawar	B55 Jalan Sungai Air Tawar – Sungai Air Tawar, Bagan Nakhoda Omar	Diamond interchange
			Sungai Besar	B51 Jalan Sungai Limau Dua – Sungai Besar	Diamond interchange
			Jalan Sungai Panjang	B44 Jalan Sungai Panjang – Sungai Panjang, Tanjung Malim	Half-diamond interchange
			Sekinchan	Jalan Bahagia – Sekinchan	Diamond interchange
	Kuala Selangor				Southern terminus of concurrency with FT 5
		Template:MES-EXIT	Tanjung Karang	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Tanjung Karang
		Template:MES-EXIT	Assam Jawa	FT 54 Federal Route 54 – Kuala Selangor, Bestari Jaya Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway – Rawang, Selayang, Kuala Lumpur, Damansara
	Klang	Template:MES-EXIT	Kapar	FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Kapar FT 3217 Jalan Perindustrian Kapar–Meru – Meru, Setia Alam	Trumpet interchange
		Template:MES-EXIT	New North Klang Straits Bypass 2	FT 3217 Jalan Perindustrian Kapar–Meru – Meru, Setia Alam New North Klang Straits Bypass New North Klang Straits Bypass – Pelabuhan Klang	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		Template:MES-EXIT	New North Klang Straits Bypass 1	North–South Expressway Northern Route New Klang Valley Expressway – Shah Alam, Subang, Damansara, Kuala Lumpur New North Klang Straits Bypass New North Klang Straits Bypass – Pelabuhan Klang
		Template:MES-EXIT	Federal Highway Route 2	FT 2 Federal Route 2 – Klang, Pelabuhan Klang , Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
		Template:MES-EXIT	Sri Andalas	FT 190 Federal Route 190 – Taman Sri Andalas
		Template:MES-EXIT	Shah Alam Expressway	Shah Alam Expressway Shah Alam Expressway – Pulau Indah , Klang, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
	Kuala Langat	Template:MES-EXIT	South Klang Valley Expressway	South Klang Valley Expressway South Klang Valley Expressway – Pulau Indah , Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang	Trumpet interchange
	Kuala Langat	Template:MES-EXIT	Banting	FT 31 Jalan Banting–Dengkil – Banting, Dengkil, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) FT 5 Federal Route 5 – Morib, Tanjung Sepat