Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2 or Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Scheme), Federal Route 28, is a ring road built by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.[1] Altogether, the 65.0 km (40.4 mi) of the entire system consists of Federal Route 28, Damansara–Puchong Expressway E11 (from Sri Damansara Interchange to Sunway Interchange) and Shah Alam Expressway E5 (from Sunway Interchange to Sri Petaling Interchange). However, the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 is generally referred to as Route 28 since Route 28 occupies about two-thirds of the system.

Federal Route 28
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2)
Route information
Part of (Greenwood–Gombak North Interchange)
Length	65.0 km (40.4 mi)
Existed	1992–present
History	Completed in 2002
Major junctions
Beltway around Kuala Lumpur
Northwest end	Bandar Sri Damansara
	Sungai Buloh Highway Damansara–Puchong Expressway Federal Route 54 B21 Kepong–Selayang Highway Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway B22 Jalan Batu Caves B125 Jalan Pinggiran Batu Caves Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway B36 Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama B31 Jalan Ampang Besraya Expressway Cheras Highway East–West Link Expressway Jalan Sungai Besi Shah Alam Expressway
Southeast end	Sri Petaling
Location
Primary destinations	Kepong Batu Caves Gombak Klang Gates Taman Melawati Ulu Klang Ampang Pandan Indah Cheras Bandar Tun Razak Bandar Tasik Selatan Sungai Besi
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Route background

Kilometre Zero of the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 is located at Sri Damansara Interchange. At the first kilometre, it is connected to the Federal Route 54 and Damansara–Puchong Expressway E11. The Kepong Flyover diverts the MRR2 from the Federal Route 54.

At Gombak, the MRR2 overlaps again with the Federal Route 2 from Greenwood Interchange to Gombak North Interchange.

The Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2, Federal Route 28, ends at Sri Petaling Interchange, where it proceeds as the Shah Alam Expressway E5.

History

Construction of this ring road was divided into three phases. These phases were Bandar Sri Damansara–Kepong–Batu Caves–Gombak, Gombak–Ulu Klang–Ampang and Ampang–Pandan–Cheras–Sri Petaling. It was divided into 12 packages costing RM880 million. This project was built by the JKR and the Bumi Hiway Sdn Bhd as the main contractor.

Pioneer routes

The construction of the MRR2 included the acquisition and upgrades of several major roads as follows:-

Highway shield	Roads	Sections
	Jalan Sungai Buloh	Sri Damansara–Kepong
B21	Kepong–Selayang Highway	Kepong–Taman Daya
B22	Jalan Batu Caves	Batu Caves–Greenwood
	Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway	Greenwood–Gombak North
	Jalan Taman Melati	Taman Melati–Taman Melawati
B23	Jalan Ulu Klang	Taman Melawati–Ampang
	Jalan Pandan Utama	Pandan Jaya–Pandan Indah
	Jalan Cheras Baru	Jalan Kuari–Cheras Roundabout
	Jalan Midah Utama	Cheras Roundabout–Taman Midah
	Jalan Bandar Tasik Selatan	Persiaran Mewah–Bandar Tasik Selatan

Developments

Upgrade to LED streetlights

The Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 FT28 is one of the three federal highways being included under the pioneer LED street lights installation program on federal highways; the other two highways are the Subang Airport Highway FT15 and the Federal Highway FT2, covering the total distance of 63.1 km. The pioneer LED street lights installation program was a collaboration between the Ministry of Works and Ministry of Finance, as well as the Public Works Department as the implementing agency and Philips Malaysia as the contractor. The LED street lights replacement works began in June 2011 and was scheduled to be completed in March 2012.[2]

According to the former Works Minister, Datuk Seri Shaziman Abu Mansor, the LED street lights could provide up to 50% savings on the electricity bills of those three federal highways. As of June 2011, the federal government paid RM26 million of the electricity bills for the conventional street lights nationwide every year.[3]

Features

• Half circular ring road
• Six-lane dual carriageway
• Many flyovers along ring roads including Kepong Flyover, Batu Caves Flyover, Melawati Flyover, Ampang Flyover, Pandan Flyover, Cheras Flyover and Bandar Tun Razak Flyover.
• Landmarks along MRR2 such as Batu Caves temple
• The Kepong Metropolitan Park is located along MRR2 near Kepong.

Controversial issues

Squatter area at the MRR2 construction site

During the construction of the MRR2. The highway was constructed at the squatter area between Ampang, Pandan Jaya, Pandan Indah and Cheras on 1990s.

Lemang stalls at MRR2

During the annual festival months and beyond, hawkers will set up 'lemang' stalls opposite Zoo Negara which causes dangerous traffic bottlenecks that can stretch 3 kilometers long during peak hours The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) need to curb these safety hazards by relocating it elsewhere thus not affecting the traffic flow.

Beam cracks on the Kepong Flyover

Notice that there are some strange grouted vertical cracks

First closure

Residents of the neighborhood of Kepong expressed their fear about the safety on the Kepong Flyover which was reported to be faulty as 31 of 33 pillars supporting the flyover were reported to have obvious cracks. At some pillars and tiers, there were more than 7000 cracks detected. Public concern about the safety issues at Kepong Flyover was due to the risks faced by at least 4,300 motorists using the flyover at a time. Investigations were carried out by 4 different parties, namely Maunsell, Sharma & Zakaria (the designer), Köhler & Seitz Engineering Services (appointed by the contractor), Halcrow Consultants Ltd. (appointed by JKR) and Leondhardt Andrä und Partner. Meanwhile, the Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic and then reopened with only 4 out of 6 lanes. On August 10, 2004, the Works Minister, Dato' Seri S Samy Vellu, reminded the public that the cracks were not due to design flaw and "nobody can simply open their mouth and suggest it is design flaw" (Bernama 10 August 2004). However, findings from Halcrow Consultants Ltd. suggested the design did not comply with the requirement of BS5400, the improper anchoring of the column rebar to the crossbeams and the formation of ettringite (Delayed Ettringite Formation) were responsible for the cracks and were finally accepted by the ministry (Source: New Straits Times, 1 October 2004).

Second closure

On 4 February 2006, the Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic from 10:30 am after serious damages on the flyover was confirmed.

Many complaints arrived about the damages on MRR2. Traffic jam also has rose due to the uncompletion of the MRR2 (see right).

On 8 December 2006, the Kepong Flyover was reopened to all traffic. (Source: Utusan Malaysia, 9 December 2006)

Third closure

On 3 August 2008, Kepong flyover was closed to all traffic after three of the eighteen carbon fibre panels on pillar 28 had peeled off, photo .[4] Pillar 28 is where the German consultant Leonhardt Andrä und Partner did the repair works as a sample for Malaysian contractor to follow. This is the third time the 1.7-km MRR2 Kepong flyover has been closed because of cracks.[5]

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			West Sungai Buloh Highway Bandar Sri Damansara Sungai Buloh Kuala Selangor North–South Expressway Northern Route Alor Star / Thailand Penang Ipoh Shah Alam Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru
Sungai Buloh Highway
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
0 --	EXIT 2801	Sri Damansara Interchange	North Persiaran Utama Bandar Sri Damansara Kepong Industrial Area South Damansara–Puchong Expressway Desa Park City Damansara Petaling Jaya Puchong Putrajaya Cyberjaya Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)	Multi-level stacked half-SPUI expressway interchange with on-ramp from Damansara–Puchong Expressway
	EXIT 2802A EXIT 2802B	Menjalara Interchange	EXIT 2802A East Jalan Taman Bukit Maluri Taman Bukit Maluri Bandar Menjalara Desa Park City EXIT 2802BUpper Flyover (Directional Ramp Expressway Interchange) East Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Sri Damansara Link KLCC City Centre Ampang Ulu Klang Gombak Jalan Kuching Segambut	Diamond interchange Elevated directional ramp expressway interchange with u-turn from Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
JKR Petaling border limit
Petaling–Gombak district border
JKR Gombak border limit
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Kepong Flyover
		Kepong flyover 1.7 kilometres	Below Flyover Jalan Kepong Kepong Kepong Sentral Komuter station Jinjang Kuala Lumpur Taman Daya B21 Kepong–Selayang Highway Bandar Baru Selayang Selayang Hospital Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)	Start/End of flyover
		Kepong flyover Railway crossing bridge on the flyover
	EXIT 2803	Kepong flyover Kepong Kepong Interchange	Below Flyover Diamond Interchange East Jalan Kepong Kepong Jinjang Kuala Lumpur South Jalan Kepong Garden Taman Kepong Garden	Diamond interchange on the below flyover only
		Kepong flyover 1.7 kilometres	Below Flyover Jalan Kepong Kepong Kepong Sentral Komuter station Jinjang Kuala Lumpur	Start/End of flyover
		Taman Permata
		Taman Daya
	EXIT 2804	Taman Kepong Indah Interchange	North B21 Kepong–Selayang Highway Bandar Baru Selayang Selayang Hospital Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)	Half diamond interchange
Selangor Darul Ehsan Gombak district border JKR Gombak border limit
Selangor–FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
		Kepong Metropolitan Park	Kepong Metropolitan Park V	Kite crossing From Batu Caves only
		Sungai Jinjang bridge
		Kepong Landfill	Kepong Landfill Kepong Waste Disposal Centre	Off ramp from Batu Caves only
	EXIT 2805	Batu Caves Roundabout Interchange	Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway North Ipoh Rawang Bandar Baru Selayang South Kuala Lumpur Segambut Sentul	Multi-level stacked expressway roundabout interchange
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Gombak district border JKR Gombak border limit
		Sungai Batu bridge
		Railway crossing bridge
	EXIT 2806	Batu Caves Batu Caves Interchange	West B22 Jalan Batu Caves B22 Batu Caves town centre B23 Sungai Tua B57 Ulu Yam Batu Caves temple Batu Caves Komuter station South Jalan Perusahaan Batu Caves Industrial Area	Diamond interchange
		Batu Caves temple
		Batu Caves flyover	Below Flyover Taman Samudera Taman Sri Gombak Giant Hypermarket Batu Caves	Start/End of flyover
	EXIT 2807	Batu Caves flyover Taman Sri Batu Caves Interchange	Below Flyover South Jalan Sri Batu Caves Taman Sri Batu Caves Batu Sentul Pasar Sentul	Junctions on the below flyover only
	EXIT 2808	Batu Caves flyover Taman Samudera Interchange	Below Flyover Taman Samudera	Junctions on the below flyover only
		Batu Caves flyover	Below Flyover Taman Samudera Giant Hypermarket Batu Caves	Start/End of flyover
	EXIT 2809	Taman Sri Gombak Interchange	North B125 Jalan Pinggiran Batu Caves Taman Bolton Taman Sri Gombak Pinggiran Batu Caves Taman Gemilang Kampung Melayu Wira Damai	Half-diamond interchange
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
-- --	EXIT 2810A	Greenwood Interchange	East B22 Jalan Batu Caves Gombak Taman Greenwood South Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Greenwood–Sentul Pasar Link (Karak Link) Kuala Lumpur Sentul	Multi-level stacked diamond expressway interchange
	EXIT 2810B	Greenwood Interchange Duke	South Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Greenwood–Sentul Pasar Link (Karak Link) Kuala Lumpur Sentul	Elevated U-turn to Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
		Taman Seri Gombak	Taman Seri Gombak	Ampang bound
		Taman Sahabat	Taman Sahab Taman Desa Minang Taman Berlian	Batu Caves bound
		Sungai Gombak bridge
		Petronas Petronas and Shell Layby	Petronas Burger King Petronas petrol stations with Burger King drive thru Shell petrol stations	Ampang bound
	EXIT 2811A	Gombak North Interchange	Northeast B38 Jalan Sungai Pusu B38 Kampung Sungai Pusu Gombak International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak	Off ramp from Gombak only
-- --	EXIT 2811B	Gombak North Interchange ( Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway)	East Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway Kuala Terengganu Kuantan Bentong Genting Highlands	Directional T expressway interchange
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
		Shell Shell Layby	Shell Shell petrol stations	Batu Caves bound
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Selangor Darul Ehsan Gombak district border JKR Gombak border limit
Gombak viaduct Selangor–FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
	EXIT 2812	Taman Melati Interchange	West Jalan Taman Melati 1/5 Taman Melati Taman Ibukota	Half diamond interchange
		Taman Melati		Batu Caves bound
	EXIT 2813	Klang Gates Interchange	Northeast Jalan Kolam Air Kampung Klang Gates Klang Gates Recreational Park International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) Southwest Genting Klang–Pahang Highway Wangsa Maju Setapak Kuala Lumpur city centre Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Kuala Lumpur Campus	Diamond interchange with one ramp from Genting Klang–Pahang Highway
	EXIT 2814	Wangsa Melawati Interchange	South Jalan 2/27A Wangsa Melawati Wangsa Maju	Half diamond interchange
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Gombak district border JKR Gombak border limit
	EXIT 2815	Taman Melawati Interchange	North Jalan Taman Melawati Taman Melawati South Persiaran Permata Taman Permata Wangsa Maju	Diamond interchange
		Sungai Klang bridge
		FINAS	FINAS Studio Merdeka	From Taman Melawati only
		National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)	National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)	From Taman Melawati only
		Jalan Taman Zooview	North Jalan Taman Zooview Kampung Kemensah Taman Zooview Kemensah Heights Institut Budaya Baru Melayu Selangor (IBBMS)	From Taman Melawati only
		Kampung Ulu Klang
		Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Klang
		Masjid Jamek Ar-Ridhuan
	EXIT 2816	Ulu Klang Interchange	West Jalan AU5 Wangsa Maju Taman Permata East Jalan Ukay Perdana Ukay Perdana Bukit Antarabangsa	Diamond interchange
		Sungai Sering bridge
		Pinggiran Ukay
		Bukit Antarabangsa	East Jalan Wangsa 1 Bukit Antarabangsa	From Hulu Klang only
	EXIT 2817A EXIT 2817B	Taman Hillview Interchange	EXIT 2817A Below Flyover (Roundabout) West Jalan Enggang Taman Setiawangsa East Jalan Hillview Taman Hillview EXIT 2817B Upper Flyover (Stacked Interchange) West Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Duta–Sentul Pasar–Ulu Klang Link (Main Link) Sentul Segambut Jalan Duta Mont Kiara Damansara Petaling Jaya	Roundabout interchange Elevated stacked interchange
JKR Gombak border limit
Sungai Ampang bridge Gombak–Hulu Langat district border
JKR Hulu Langat border limit
	EXIT 2818A	Ampang-AKLEH Interchange	West Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway Kuala Lumpur KLCC	From Ampang only
		Ampang flyover	Below Flyover B36 Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama Ampang town centre B31 Jalan Ampang B31 Pekan Batu Ampat Ampang B31 Lembah Jaya B62 Hulu Langat Ampang LRT station Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau (Kuala Lumpur Look Out Point Tourist Complex)	Start/End of flyover
	EXIT 2818B	Ampang flyover Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama Interchange	Below Flyover East B36 Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama Taman Tun Razak Ukay Heights Kelab Darul Ehsan International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway Kuala Lumpur KLCC	Junctions on the below flyover only
	EXIT 2818C	Ampang flyover Ampang Interchange (Pekan Batu Ampat Ampang)	Below Flyover Ampang town centre B31 Jalan Ampang West B31 Kuala Lumpur East B31 Pekan Batu Ampat Ampang B31 Lembah Jaya B62 Hulu Langat Ampang LRT station Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau (Kuala Lumpur Look Out Point Tourist Complex)	Multi-level stacked interchange
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border JKR Hulu Langat border limit
Ampang flyover Selangor–FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
		Ampang flyover Desa Pahlawan	Below Flyover Desa Pahlawan	From Pandan only
		Ampang flyover	Below Flyover Desa Pahlawan Ampang town centre B31 Jalan Ampang B31 Pekan Batu Ampat Ampang B31 Lembah Jaya B62 Hulu Langat Ampang LRT station Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau (Kuala Lumpur Look Out Point Tourist Complex)	Start/End of flyover
		Jalan Ampang Putra Exit	East Jalan Ampang Putra Taman Putra Sulaiman Taman Ampang Utama	From Ampang only
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border JKR Hulu Langat border Limit
		Desa Pandan viaduct
		Desa Pandan	West Jalan Kanan 1 Desa Pandan Kampung Pandan
		Tesco Ampang
	EXIT 2819	Pandan flyover Taman Cempaka Interchange	Upper Flyover West Besraya Expressway Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya Salak South Sungai Besi Shamelin Maluri Below Flyover West Jalan Pandan 1 Taman Cempaka Pandan Jaya Taman Cahaya Suria	Diamond interchange
		Pandan flyover Railway crossing bridge
	EXIT 2820A	Pandan Indah Interchange	Besraya Expressway (Jalan Pandan Indah) West Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya Salak South Sungai Besi Shamelin Maluri East Pandan Indah Hospital Ampang Pandan Indah LRT station	LILO diamond interchange
	EXIT 2820B	Jalan Pandan Utama Exit	East Jalan Pandan Utama Pandan Indah Hospital Ampang	From Ampang only
		Sungai Kerayong bridge
		Elevated U-Turn	U-Turn Pandan Indah Ampang Kuantan Batu Caves
	EXIT 2821	Taman Kencana Interchange	East Jalan Bunga Raya Taman Kencana Taman Lembah Maju Taman Mawar Taman Seraya Taman Putra Taman Seri Raya Taman Saga Taman Bukit Teratai Taman Mega Jaya B62 Hulu Langat Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau (Kuala Lumpur Look Out Point Tourist Complex)	Half diamond interchange
		Pandan Perdana	West Jalan Perdana 6/2 Pandan Perdana Pandan Safari Lagoon	From Cheras only
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border JKR Hulu Langat border limit
Selangor–FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
		Kampung Cheras Baru
	EXIT 2822	Jalan Kuari Interchange	Jalan Kuari West Cheras Christian Cemetery Cheras DBKL Crematorium East Townships	Roundabout interchange
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33.2		Cheras flyover	Below Flyover Cheras Taman Cheras Cheras Highway North Kuala Lumpur Bandar Tun Razak South Kajang Seremban	Start/End of flyover
33.4	EXIT 2823A	Cheras flyover Taman Cheras Interchange	Below Flyover Taman Cheras	Junctions on the below flyover
33.5		Cheras flyover
33.6	EXIT 2823B	Cheras flyover Billion Roundabout Interchange	Below Flyover Cheras Cheras Highway North Kuala Lumpur Bandar Tun Razak South Kajang Seremban	Multi-level stacked roundabout expressway interchange
33.8		Cheras flyover
34		Cheras flyover	Below Flyover Cheras Taman Cheras Tesco Extra Hypermarket Cheras Cheras Highway North Kuala Lumpur Bandar Tun Razak South Kajang Seremban	Start/End of flyover
34.5
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35.5
35.7	EXIT 2824A	Bandar Tun Razak flyover Taman Connaught Exit	Below Flyover Taman Connaught Taman Taynton Chinese cemetery East East–West Link Expressway Kajang Cheras	Off ramp from Cheras only Start/End of flyover
36		Bandar Tun Razak flyover
36.5		Bandar Tun Razak flyover
37	EXIT 2824B	Bandar Tun Razak flyover Bandar Tun Razak Interchange	Below Flyover Bandar Tun Razak Bandar Tun Razak Industrial Area East–West Link Expressway West Salak South Seputeh Bangsar Petaling Jaya East Kajang Cheras Taman Connaught	Half diamond Interchange Start/End of flyover
37.1		Bandar Tasik Selatan	East Jalan Tasik Selatan 1 Bandar Tasik Selatan Kem Sungai Besi Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)	From Ampang only
38	EXIT 2824C	Terminal Bersepadu Selatan Interchange	West Terminal Bersepadu Selatan Arrival/Departure P&R Bandar Tasik Selatan station KTM Komuter 7 4 U-Turn	Interchange Elevated U-Turn
38.4		Bandar Tasik Selatan	East Jalan Tasik Selatan 1 Bandar Tasik Selatan Kem Sungai Besi Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)	From Ampang only
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39.2	EXIT 2825	Sungai Besi Interchange	South Jalan Sungai Besi Sungai Besi town Sungai Besi Expressway Kuchai Lama Petaling Jaya Seri Kembangan Mines Resort City Kajang	Interchange
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 JKR border limit
Shah Alam Expressway Start/End of expressway Kesas border limit
			West Shah Alam Expressway Pulau Indah Klang Shah Alam Subang Jaya Puchong Putrajaya Kinrara Kompleks Sukan Negara Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway North Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya South North–South Expressway Southern Route Johor Bahru Seremban Melaka Kuala Lumpur International Airport

See also

• Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road
• Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1
• Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim

References

1. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.
2. Laporan Tahunan JKR 2011 (in Malay) - by the Malaysian Public Works Department. Accessed on 22-11-2013.
3. "Lampu LED mampu jimat 50 peratus bil lampu jalan raya: Shaziman". Berita Harian (in Malay). Bernama. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
4. "Govt to probe MRR2". Archived from the original on 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
5. Police close Kepong stretch of MRR2 after cracks appear on pillar Archived 2008-08-16 at the Wayback Machine