Kajang–Seremban Highway

Expressway 21
Kajang–Seremban Highway (Lekas Highway)
LEKAS in red
Route information
Maintained by Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas)
Length	44.3 km (27.5 mi)
Existed	2002–present
History	Completed in 2009
Major junctions
North end	Kajang Perdana Interchange Kajang, Selangor
Major intersections	Kajang Bypass Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Federal Route 1 Jalan Banting–Semenyih Jalan Nilai–Pajam Federal Route 86 Federal Route 51 Persiaran Senawang 1
South end	Paroi Interchange Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Kuala Lumpur Cheras Kajang Semenyih Pajam Nilai Mantin Temiang Kuala Klawang Seremban City Centre Ampangan Senawang
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Kajang–Seremban Highway, KASEH (Malay: Lebuhraya Kajang–Seremban), or LEKAS Highway, is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. The speed limits on the expressway are 80 km/h (Kajang Perdana–Kajang South and Setul–Paroi) and 110 km/h (68 mph) (all other sections).

Overview

The 44.3 km (27.5 mi) expressway is designed to pass through Semenyih, Pajam, Mantin, Temiang and link to the Seremban Inner Ring Road. It serves as an effective traffic dispersal for the highly congested Kajang in Selangor to Seremban in Negeri Sembilan besides the North–South Expressway Southern Route and the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway.

• The Highway Project has achieved several stages of completion.
• "Package 1A" from the SILK Interchange to Kajang South has been completed and opened to the public.
• "Package 1B" from the Kajang Selatan Interchange to Pajam Interchange, earthworks and major drainage have been completed.
• "Packages 2A and 3" from Pajam Interchange to Paroi, all land acquisitions have been completed. Part of the alignment between Mantin Interchange and Setul Interchange has been approved for realignment.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts right after the Exit 1804 Kajang Perdana Interchange which connects the expressway with the E18 Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway and the Kajang Bypass near Kajang, Selangor.

History

The project was approved by the government in 1997 and the construction of the expressway began on 2002; however, the financial problems faced by the original concessionnaire, Kajang–Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd. (Kaseh) had forced the construction works to be delayed. The project was revitalized in November 2006 after a takeover by a new concessionnaire, Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas), which 50% of the stake was held by IJM Corporation Berhad and the rest of the stake was held by the original concessionnaire, Kajang–Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd. This project was scheduled for completion by December 2009.

The phase 1 of the expressway connecting Kajang South to Pajam was officially opened on 23 August 2008. The main subcontractor was WCT, which then subcontracted the beam-manufacturing to Mudajaya. As a normal procedure to make users familiarize with the highway, the highway will be toll free for a month from opening.

The highway system was extended with the opening of Mantin toll plaza on 31 December 2008. Again, the main subcontractor was WCT, and the beam-manufacturer was Mudajaya. Most of the shorter beams like the Ms and Inverted Ts were manufactured at Mudajaya's production plant in Ijok, Selangor, whilst the longer and more "treacherous" I-beams were produced on the site itself. As per normal practice, the route was toll free until 30 January 2009.

On 1 March 2010, the Setul and Ampangan Interchange has been opened for traffic.

Features

• Six-lane carriageway from Kajang to Setul
• Medium to high speed limits of 80 km/h (Kajang Perdana–Kajang South and Setul–Paroi) and 110 km/h (all other sections)
• SOS emergency phone
• The Setul toll plaza is the highest toll plaza in Malaysia located at the hilly top of Gunung Mantin-Seremban at 258 metres above sea level.

Notable events

Pajam Incident

On 27 September 2007, at around 11.45 pm., eight massive I-20 beams (each weighing close to 70 tonnes) collapsed in a domino fashion at BR 7 (approximately Ch.16,400), just about a kilometre from the Pajam Interchange. There were no casualties. In the three months following the incident, the contractor constructed a 4 km. public by-pass road circumnavigating the BR 7 launch site, from the Federal Route FT3265, to the Pajam Interchange, then onto the Pajam Toll Plaza, and coming out again at FT3265 nearer to the town of Nilai, recast the eight I-20 beams, and then re-launched them. There were no public funds involved in the repair work, and all costs were borne by the contractor. The BR 7 is now in service, and forms part of the LEKAS Highway.

Other events

• 17 April 2010 – Achik Spin (real name Abdillah Murad Md Shari), vocalist of the Malaysian rock band Spin, died in a car accident on the Kajang–Seremban Highway near Pajam, Negeri Sembilan.

• 3 May 2020 – At around 2:11 am, Koperal Safwan Muhammad Ismail, aged 31, died when a drunk driver crashed into an Op Covid-19 roadblock near the Kajang Selatan toll plaza.

Toll systems

The Kajang–Seremban Highway from 2 March 2016 only accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only. This is the first closed toll expressway to phase out the closed toll system.

Toll rate

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 8.30
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 12.50
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 15.60
4	Taxis	RM 4.20
5	Buses	RM 4.20

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			North Kajang Bypass Saujana Impian Cheras-Kajang Expressway Kuala Lumpur Cheras
		Kajang Perdana Interchange	Kajang Dispersial Link Expressway Northeast Sungai Long Balakong Sungai Besi Seri Kembangan Southwest Kuala Lumpur AH2 Seremban AH2 Johor Bahru Putrajaya Cyberjaya AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)	Cloverleaf interchange
Kajang Bypass JKR border limit
Kajang–Seremban Highway Start/End of expressway Lekas border limit
0
	EXIT 2101	Kajang South Interchange	Northwest Kajang town centre Southeast Rinching Semenyih	Full cloverleaf interchange
		Kajang South toll plaza KJS	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	Kajang bound
Kajang South toll plaza KJS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Closed toll system Collect transit card and pay a distance toll
	EXIT 2102	Semenyih Interchange SMN	Semenyih Beranang Bangi Dengkil Setia EcoHill	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
		Sungai Semenyih bridge
		Sungai Rinching bridge
		Sungai Kembong bridge
	EXIT 2102A	Eco Majestic Interchange SMN	Eco Majestic Beranang	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
		Sungai Beranang bridge
		Beranang Rest and Service Area (abandoned except surau and toliet)	File:Buah.png	North bound
		Beranang Rest and Service Area (abandoned except surau and toliet)	File:Buah.png	South bound
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border
Selangor-Negeri Sembilan border
Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus Seremban district border
		Sungai Batang Benar bridge
	EXIT 2103	Pajam Interchange PJM	Pajam Nilai Sepang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Johor Bahru	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
		Sungai Pajam bridge
	EXIT 2104	Mantin Interchange MTN	Mantin N34 Lenggeng	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
		Sungai Bangkung bridge 230 m above sea level
--		240 m above sea level
--		250 m above sea level
Setul toll plaza STL 258 m above sea level (Highest toll plaza in Malaysia) Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Closed toll system Collect transit card and pay a distance toll
		Setul toll plaza STL 258 m above sea level	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	Paroi bound Highest toll plaza in Malaysia
		Setul viaduct 250 m above sea level
	EXIT 2105	Setul Interchange 248 m above sea level	Seremban town centre Temiang Port Dickson	Directional-T interchange
--		245 m above sea level		Start/End of six-lane carriageway Start/End of four-lane carriageway
		Sungai Temiang bridge 241 m above sea level
		Ampangan toll plaza AMP	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	Kajang bound
Ampangan toll plaza APG Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Opened toll systems Pay toll
--				Start/End of four-lane carriageway Start/End of six-lane carriageway
	EXIT 2106	Ampangan Interchange	Northeast Kuala Klawang (Jelebu) Southwest Ampangan Seremban town centre Port Dickson	Parclo interchange
		Sungai Linggi bridge
--				Start/End of six-lane carriageway Start/End of four-lane carriageway
		Taman Ampangan	Taman Ampangan Taman Bukit Ampangan Taman Margosa	LILO junctions Paroi bound
		Taman Ampangan	Taman Ampangan Taman Bukit Ampangan Taman Margosa	LILO junctions Kajang bound
	EXIT 2107	Paroi Interchange	West Seremban City Centre Ampangan Paroi East Kuala Pilah Seri Menanti Ulu Bendol Recreational Forest	Multi-level stack interchange
Kajang–Seremban_Highway Start/End of expressway Lekas border limit
JKR border limit
			South Persiaran Senawang 1 Senawang Rembau AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Johor Bahru

External links

• IJM
• LEKAS