Loke Yew Roundabout To Close For A Year Starting 5 August — Here Are Other Routes To Use

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In a statement posted to the DBKL Facebook page, the affected routes are the Jalan Sungai Besi road, which leads to Sungai Besi or Petaling Jaya (opposite Fraser Business Park), and the Loke Yew Roundabout.

The city council also provided several alternative routes for road users to access, depending on their origin destination around the roundabout.

For road users who are heading towards Sungai Besi or Petaling Jaya via the Kampung Pandan Roundabout, a traffic diversion will be created which will be divided into two parts, through the road next to Federal Bakery located by Jalan Satu, and another through a contra route in an adjacent lane.

Check out the image provided by DBKL laying out the route for this alternative:

Alternatively, drivers headed in the opposite direction, from Sungai Besi or Petaling Jaya to the Kampung Pandan Roundabout, will be diverted to the left on the Loke Yew Roundabout.

Here's how it will look like:

Traffic from Cheras headed towards the direction of Jalan Loke Yew will only be allowed to make a U-turn back to Cheras.

This traffic route is intended to be permanent.

As for traffic coming from Cheras that are heading towards Jalan Sungai Besi, drivers may use four routes, namely Jalan Chan Sow Lin, Jalan Satu, Jalan Dua, and Jalan Tiga. A signboard for turning into Jalan Sungai Besi from Cheras will be provided.

Here is what the new route will look like:

For traffic coming from Cheras towards Jalan Yew, a U-turn needs to be made at the intersection of the flyover at Jalan Maharajalela.

Signboards for the U-turn at Jalan Maharajalela and the turn off to Jalan Yew will also be provided, according to the image posted by DBKL:

The same flyover route at Jalan Maharajalela will also be used for those who are heading towards the areas surrounding Jalan Yew:

For traffic coming from Jalan Kinabalu towards Jalan Loke Yew, drivers will need to use the diversion to Jalan Yew that is headed towards the Pudu Roundabout, before turning back towards Jalan Loke Yew.

This is what the diversion will look like:

The same route will also be taken for those heading towards Jalan Sungai Besi:

As an alternative to both of these diversions, road users may also go through the U-turn at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) (P) Pudu.

This change is intended to be permanent. 

Check out these alternative routes below:

Jalan Yew via the Kampung Pandan Roundabout headed to Jalan Kinabalu and subsequently Jalan Kuching will be closed for the period of construction.

As an alternative for Jalan Yew, drivers coming from the Kampung Pandan Roundabout will need to use Jalan Kampung Pandan, Jalan Imbi, and Jalan Hang Tuah to head towards Jalan Kinabalu, and then Jalan Kuching.

Here is what it will look like:

To make way for the demolition of the drawbridge and reconstruction of the bridge at the Pudu Roundabout towards Jalan Sungai Besi, which is next to the Pudu Police Station, the slip road from Jalan Pudu to Jalan Yew will be closed to all traffic users.

The alternative routes that are required to be used will be Jalan Sungai Besi, Jalan Chan Sow Lin, Jalan Satu, Jalan Dua, and Jalan Tiga, for both traffic users coming from Jalan Pudu and Jalan Cheras.

Check out what the directions would look like:

Check out the full Facebook post by DBKL below: