Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway

The Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) () E31 (or New North Klang Valley Expressway) is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. Estimated cost of the expressway is MYR 11.5 billion.

Route background

The zeroth kilometre is located at the Puncak Perdana U10 Shah Alam interchange. It acts a link for Puncak Perdana, Alam Suria, Denai Alam, Kampung Melayu Subang, Jalan Sungai Buloh, RRIM, Kota Damansara, Damansara Perdana and Mutiara Damansara. The expressway ends at the Penchala interchange, linking it to the Damansara–Puchong and Sprint Expressways.

Interchanges include Puncak Perdana, Alam Suria, Denai Alam, Kampung Melayu Subang, Galaksi, Subang 2, LTSAAS, RRIM, Surian, Kenanga, Mutiara Damansara and Penchala.

History

The increasing development along the links of Shah Alam and Jalan Batu Arang (Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari) facilitated the need of increasing road capacity. So, Prolintas proposed that the expressway to be built to meet these requirements. It would not only serve as an alternative route for Persiaran Surian in Kota Damansara and to the Subang Airport, but also act as a link between east and west of Klang Valley, thus crossing over the New Klang Valley Expressway, and linking existing expressways such as the Guthrie Corridor Expressway, LDP and SPRINT. In addition, the expressway will solve congestion to the existing routes caused by the development at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia's land in the area.

PROLINTAS held the expressway's opening ceremony at Denai Alam toll plaza on 13 October 2022, and the expressway was opened to traffic on 14 October 2022, at 12:01 AM (MST). The toll were free of charge from the officially opened date until 30 November 2022 The project was allocated RM4.2 billion in the Budget 2015.

Incidents

• 19 June 2021 – While the expressway was under construction, a stop-work order had been issued immediately following an incident which occurred above the New Klang Valley Expressway's Kota Damansara Interchange 107. The incident involved a metal scaffolding that fell off a dozen-meter high pillar, injuring two Bangladeshi workers. The injured workers were rushed to Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment, unfortunately one of them died on the following day. Since the crash occurred in a closed area, no motorists were injured.
• 20 October 2022 – A food delivery motorcyclist was killed after his motorcycle skidded and crashed into a highway divider through the full-enclosure noise barriers westbound from Penchala Interchange. The victim was taken to University Malaya Medical Centre for post-mortem.
• 25 February 2025 – A 30-year-old female motorcyclist collided with a car and was flung from a height of 30 to 35 metres into the Penchala River. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
• 24 July 2025 – A 23-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle skidded and plunged approximately 21 metres onto a grassy area along Persiaran Pulau Angsa.
• 23 August 2025 – A 19-year-old culinary student died from a severe head injury after his motorcycle crashed into a barrier and fell at the same location where the previous accident occurred on 24 July.

Tolls

DASH adopts an open toll system.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Kota Damansara, Kwasa Damansara and Denai Alam Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at these three toll plazas on DASH are conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs beginning 1 December 2022.

Toll rates

There are three toll plazas along DASH, namely, Denai Alam, RRIM (Kwasa Damansara) and Kota Damansara, each charging at the same rate.

(Starting 1 December 2022)

Junction lists

The entire expressway is located in Petaling District, Selangor.

Main Link

Kampung Melayu–Kota Damansara Link

Gallery

References

External links