Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway

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Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway

The Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway is a controlled-access highway entirely within Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The expressway connects the end of the North–South Expressway Southern Route at Pandan to the Johor–Singapore Causeway in the city centre. The expressway was constructed to allow cross-border traffic to bypass the city centre and reduce congestion along Tebrau Highway, the existing main route to the causeway. The construction costs of the expressway is RM 1 billion.

In August 2012, the Malaysian government decided that it will acquire the expressway from Malaysia Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB).

The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located after the CIQ Interchange before the Sultan Iskandar Building towards the Malaysia-Singapore border.

History

Construction

The construction of the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link was proposed in 2004 in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006–2010). The construction began on 1 October 2007 and was completed on 20 March 2012. On 1 April 2012, the highway was opened to public, delayed from its scheduled launch in the first quarter of 2012.

Government Acquirement

Talk of the government to acquire EDL had been ongoing since August 2012. In December 2017, the government terminated the EDL concession agreement and agreed to take over the highway, resulting in toll collections at the EDL being abolished since January 2018. In November 2018, the government announced that it will take over the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) for RM1.3 billion in Budget 2019.

Controversies

Template:Template other Houses along Jalan Sri Pelangi Satu and Jalan Sri Pelangi Dua had been reclaimed by the government due to the necessity to use the land for the project. The compensation sum given to the owners of the houses was considered low by many of the residents there. However, no further adjustments was made to the sum.

Another major controversy is that only the motorists who use the CIQ complex to travel to Singapore will be charged the toll; whether or not the Johor Bahru Eastern Disperal Link is used. However, on 30 August 2012, five months after the EDL was opened to public, the controversy was resolved when the government announced that they will take over the EDL from MRCB. On 1 January 2018, toll collections at EDL was abolished and replaced by Road Charge on every Singapore car that enters Malaysia.

List of interchanges

Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and rest and service areas along the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from north to south.

The entire section is located within the district of Johor Bahru, Johor.

Location	km	Exit	Interchange	Destinations	Notes/Remarks
Woodlands			Johor–Singapore Causeway	South Template:Flagicon Singapore Woodlands Checkpoint File:BKE-SG.svg Bukit Timah Expressway	Start (northbound)/end (southbound) of causeway
Singapore Woodlands border
Johor–Singapore Causeway ASEAN Singapore–Malaysia Border
Malaysia Johor Darul Takzim Johor Bahru district border
Johor Bahru			Johor–Singapore Causeway		End (northbound)/start (southbound) of causeway
	0.0			Sultan Iskandar Building	Johor Bahru checkpoint
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway Southern end of expressway EDL border limit
Johor Bahru		1401	CIQ Interchange	Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road East Jalan Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar Building West Sultanah Aminah Hospital	Stack interchange
			Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover		Northbound start of flyover
Kampung Bakar Batu					Southbound end of flyover Southbound entrance only from Jalan Stulang Darat
		1402		File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ5 Jalan Pasir Pelangi North Taman Sentosa Johor Bahru city centre	Northbound entrance & exit only
		1403A	Bakar Batu Interchange	Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway East Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang	Northbound entrance & exit only
			Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover		End (northbound)/start (southbound) of flyover
	4.6	1403B	Bakar Batu Interchange	File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ5 Jalan Pasir Pelangi South Kampung Bakar Batu Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang	Northbound entrance & southbound exit only
			Mid Valley Southkey Interchange	Mid Valley Southkey	Interchange Operational since April 2019
Pandan			Sungai Sebulong Bridge
			Anak Sungai Sebulong Bridge
	6.6	File:R&R logo.jpg Pandan rest and service area		File:Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg File:Malaysia Symbols-Toilet.svg File:Malaysia Symbols-Food court.svg Template:Surau sign	Southbound only
	7.7	1404	Pandan Interchange	Tebrau Highway Northeast Kota Tinggi Mersing Southwest Tampoi Johor Bahru city centre	Cloverleaf interchange No southbound exit to northeast direction
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway Northern end of expressway EDL border limit
North–South Expressway Southern Route Southern end of expressway PLUS border limit
Pandan				North-South Expressway Southern Route Northwest Bandar Dato' Onn Setia Tropika Kempas Malacca Kuala Lumpur

External links

• EDL Connects website Template:Webarchive
• Privatation Study by Perunding Trafik Klasik