PROPCAFE Diary: Setiawangsa Pantai Expressway aka DUKE 3. Which properties in Greater Kuala Lumpur might suffer or benefit from this 29.8km highway?

DUKE 1 – DUKE 2 – DUKE 3! 

If you are living in Kuala Lumpur, you can hardly escape the construction scene of SPE highway. It is not just a massive project but it will become the most important highway in Kuala Lumpur as it basically cut through almost every key location of Greater Kuala Lumpur and will connect many other existing highways as well.

With the connection with highways especially Duke 1 and Duke 2, this SPE will be the most used highway in KL for those who want to avoid traffic congestion. Absolutely brilliant planning! But while it gives all the conveniences and accessibility to road users and the communities nearby. It has the downside of noise pollution to many properties that are right besides this highway. PROPCAFE founders disposed 3 units of G Residences at Desa Pandan two years back with the sudden news of SPE which will be right in front of the property. It did not sit well in our mind, not to say the facility floor is facing the SPE with similar height. Of course, some would have less impact if the units are not directly facing it, however, the overall pricing will definitely be affected.

This post, we will share with you some of the properties that may benefit the additional accessibility and (or) suffer the view/noise pollution, “thanks” to this 29.8km highway. 

Properties that Benefit Additional Accessibility :-

The Veo, The Ridge, Platinum Victory, Taman Melwati, Taman Malinja, Taman Melati, Taman Sri Rampai, Irama Wangsa Maju, Sentrio Desa Pandan, Taman Maluri, Continew, Salak South, Taman Desa, Taman Bukit Desa, and Bangsar South.

Properties that Suffer View/Noise Pollution (though with additional accessibility) due to Its Proximity to SPE :-

Sunway Montana, Resident 3, Casa Rimba Desa Melawati, Saville Desa Melawati, Desa Setapak, Wangsa Metroview, Infinity Residence, Bukit Wangsamas, Bukit Wangsamas, Bukit Setiawangsa, Sri Lojing Wangsa Maju, Riana Green Wangsa Maju, Desa Tun Hussein Onn Setiawangsa, Seri Maya, Keramat AU1, Datum Jelatek, One Jelatek, Dato Keramat, Suria Jelatek, Desa Pandan Apartment, G Residence, U-Thant, One Cochrane, Desa Green, Desa Eight, Mutiara Seputeh, Tiara Faber, Bukit Desa, Desa Villa, SouthPoint, Novum, and Komune Co-Living.

Well, it is important to note that there are many properties above already facing the busy main roads like federal highway etc, therefore, some of it may have minimal impact from the new constructed highway. Also, it depends on the distance from the property to the interchange / entrance of the highway, the benefits could vary. Visit the site and do the field study will definitely help!  

You may refer together with the aerial view video created by SZ Eagle Eye Studiors below. Great efforts!

 

Below is the content of our PROPCAFE Facebook posted in 2018

There are few highways are currently underconstruction around Klang Valley and if you are regular users along Jalan Ampang/Jelatek/Setiawangsa and Federal Highway, you will noticed that Setiawangsa Pantai Expressway (or formerly known as Duke3) are in full swing construction. SPE is initial targeted to be completed by first quarter 2020 (but too bad it is still on-going as at today in July 2021  🙄  )

The 29.8km SPE starts from MRR2 (where interchange with Jalan Genting Klang/Jalan Kolam Air) and transverse across UTAR, Wangsa Maju, Setiawangsa, Ampang, TRX, Bandar Malaysia, Kerinchi and connected to SPRINT Highway.

In the latest Ekovest Newsletter, the interchanges are revealed (7 of them) – Taman Melati, Genting Klang, Setiawangsa, Ampang, Pandan, Salak and Kerinchi.Interesting, these interchanges will be serving number of existing and upcoming hotspots. The interchange no. 4 (Ampang) which linked to AKLEH will bring motorists directly to KLCC carpark The interchange no. 5 (Pandan) will be linked to Bulatan Kampung Pandan/ Jalan Tun Razak where you travel directly to TRX. And as PROPCAFE reported before, the SPE at interchange no. 6 (Salak) will bring you to the HSR terminus as well as Bandar Malaysia before joining SPRINT highway.

Interesting, it is specially mentioned that #BangsarSouth will have an access to SPE which only benefit communities in Pantai/Kerinchi/Bangsar South to ease the famous traffic congestion in Jalan Kerinchi.

With the completion of SPE, the motorists will have alternate route (tolled of course) for a faster and smooth travel, bypass the heavy route along Federal highway, Jalan Sungai Besi, Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Jelatek/Ampang/Setiawangsa etc. It is also serve as missing link between North and South Klang Valley.

From property investment perspective, which property/area you think will benefit from the SPE? One example, PROPCAFE think Savile Melawati at interchange no. 1 will benefit tremendously but may need to suffer the view and noise pollution. The residents can simply skip the horrendous MRR2 traffic and by using SPE, they definitely can reach KLCC, Bukit Bintang or even MidValley/ Bangsar at much shorter time.

Also another area which will benefit tremendously from SPE will be Pantai and Bangsar South area. Famous with the choked traffic, SPE not only serving alternate dispersion for residents but via SPE it is essentially just few minutes away from Bandar Malaysia and TRX.

For more view of Bangsar South, click the link below

PROPCAFE™ Review: Bangsar South @ Kuala Lumpur

And for the recent PROPCAFE Review of the latest launch in Bangsar South, click the Southlink by UOA review below

PROPCAFE™ Review: SouthLink @ Bangsar South by UOA

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