Guthrie Corridor Expressway, GCE, (Malay: Lebuhraya Koridor Guthrie) is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects Shah Alam to Rawang. GCE is approximately 25 km (16 mi) (23 km (14.2 miles) long on the Prolintas sections and 2 km (1.2 mi) on the PLUS Expressway sections). The expressway is unique in Malaysia in that all project costs, including land acquisition, were borne by the concessionaire alone. Of the land acquired, 80 percent was from plantation company Guthrie Berhad which in 2007 merged with two other companies to form Sime Darby. Today this expressway is owned by Prolintas and its subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd. The Kilometre Zero is located at Jalan Monfort intersection near Shah Alam.
Video Guthrie Corridor Expressway
History
The proposal to build the expressway began in 2002 while Guthrie Berhad had become a major owner of this project after plantations and property. The construction started in 2003. The expressway was built along an oil palm estate that was owned by Guthrie Berhad too. The expressway was completed in April 2005 and commenced operations in July 2005.
In August 2007, GCE has become a subsidiary of Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd (PEX).
Maps Guthrie Corridor Expressway
Features
- Smooth access from Shah Alam to northern state without being trapped in jams in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).
- Many oil palm estates along this expressway.
- Motorcycle lane.
- SOS emergency.
- Cheap and affordable toll rate.
- Speed limits are 90 km/h-110 km/h
- Several rest areas (R&R) near toll plazas with free Wi-Fi
- Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations
Tolls
Guthrie Corridor Expressway using opened toll systems.
Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)
As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transaction at the Bukit Jelutong, Elmina and Lagong Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at three toll plazas on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway will be conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs starting 2 March 2016.
Toll rates
There are three toll plazas along Guthrie Corridor Expressway, of which it charged the same rate.
(Starting 15 October 2015)
List of interchanges and rest and service areas
Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and rest and service areas along the Guthrie Corridor Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from North to South.
Legend:
- I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge
External links
- Prolintas website
- Guthrie Corridor Expressway
Source of article : Wikipedia
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