| Country: | MYS |
| Type: | E |
| Route: | 21 |
| Alternate Name: | Kajang–Seremban Highway (Lekas Highway) |
| Maint: | Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas) |
| Length Km: | 44.3 |
| Map Notes: | LEKAS in red |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Direction A: | North |
| Terminus A: | Kajang Perdana Interchange Kajang, Selangor |
| Junction: | Kajang Bypass Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Federal Route 1 Jalan Banting–Semenyih Jalan Nilai–Pajam Federal Route 86 Federal Route 51 Persiaran Senawang 1 |
| Direction B: | South |
| Terminus B: | Paroi Interchange Paroi, Negeri Sembilan |
| Formed: | 2002 |
| History: | Completed in 2009 |
| Destinations: | Kuala Lumpur Cheras Kajang Semenyih Pajam Nilai Mantin Temiang Kuala Klawang Seremban City Centre Ampangan Senawang |
The Kajang–Seremban Highway, KASEH (Malay: Lebuhraya Kajang–Seremban), or LEKAS Highway, is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. The speed limits on the expressway are 80 km/h (Kajang Perdana–Kajang South and Setul–Paroi) and 110 km/h (68 mph) (all other sections).
The 44.3km (27.5miles) expressway is designed to pass through Semenyih, Pajam, Mantin, Temiang and link to the Seremban Inner Ring Road. It serves as an effective traffic dispersal for the highly congested Kajang in Selangor to Seremban in Negeri Sembilan besides the North–South Expressway Southern Route and the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway.
The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts right after the Exit 1804 Kajang Perdana Interchange which connects the expressway with the E18 Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway and the Kajang Bypass near Kajang, Selangor.
The project was approved by the government in 1997 and the construction of the expressway began on 2002; however, the financial problems faced by the original concessionnaire, Kajang–Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd. (Kaseh) had forced the construction works to be delayed. The project was revitalized in November 2006 after a takeover by a new concessionnaire, Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas), which 50% of the stake was held by IJM Corporation Berhad and the rest of the stake was held by the original concessionnaire, Kajang–Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd.[1] This project was scheduled for completion by December 2009.
The phase 1 of the expressway connecting Kajang South to Pajam was officially opened on 23 August 2008. The main subcontractor was WCT, which then subcontracted the beam-manufacturing to Mudajaya. As a normal procedure to make users familiarize with the highway, the highway will be toll free for a month from opening.[2]
The highway system was extended with the opening of Mantin toll plaza on 31 December 2008. Again, the main subcontractor was WCT, and the beam-manufacturer was Mudajaya. Most of the shorter beams like the Ms and Inverted Ts were manufactured at Mudajaya's production plant in Ijok, Selangor, whilst the longer and more "treacherous" I-beams were produced on the site itself. As per normal practice, the route was toll free until 30 January 2009.[3]
On 1 March 2010, the Setul and Ampangan Interchange has been opened for traffic.[4]
On 27 September 2007, at around 11.45 pm., eight massive I-20 beams (each weighing close to 70 tonnes) collapsed in a domino fashion at BR 7 (approximately Ch.16,400), just about a kilometre from the Pajam Interchange. There were no casualties. In the three months following the incident, the contractor constructed a 4 km. public by-pass road circumnavigating the BR 7 launch site, from the Federal Route FT3265, to the Pajam Interchange, then onto the Pajam Toll Plaza, and coming out again at FT3265 nearer to the town of Nilai, recast the eight I-20 beams, and then re-launched them. There were no public funds involved in the repair work, and all costs were borne by the contractor.The BR 7 is now in service, and forms part of the LEKAS Highway.
As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at all toll plazas, all toll transactions on the Kajang–Seremban Highway have been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 2 March 2016.[6] This is the first closed toll expressway to phase out the closed toll system.
(Since 1 January 2023)[7] [8] [9]
| Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) up to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels) | Free | |
| 1 | Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses)) | 5.50 | |
| 2 | Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and five or six wheels (excluding buses)) | 8.25 | |
| 3 | Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses)) | 11.00 | |
| 4 | Taxis | 2.75 | |
| 5 | Buses | 3.69 |
| Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels) | Free | |
| 1 | Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses)) | 2.30 | |
| 2 | Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and five or six wheels (excluding buses)) | 3.50 | |
| 3 | Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses)) | 4.70 | |
| 4 | Taxis | 1.20 | |
| 5 | Buses | 1.50 |
| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kajang Bypass Saujana Impian Cheras-Kajang Expressway Kuala Lumpur Cheras | |||||
| Kajang Perdana Interchange | Kajang Dispersial Link Expressway Northeast Sungai Long Balakong Sungai Besi Seri Kembangan Southwest Kuala Lumpur Seremban Johor Bahru Putrajaya Cyberjaya Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) | Cloverleaf interchange | |||
| Kajang Bypass JKR border limit | |||||
| Kajang–Seremban Highway Start/End of expressway LEKAS border limit | |||||
0 | |||||
| 2101A2101B | Kajang South Interchange | 2101B Northwest Kajang town centre 2101A Southeast Rinching Semenyih | Full cloverleaf interchange | ||
| Kajang South toll plaza KJS | Kajang bound | ||||
| Kajang South toll plaza KJS MyRFID]] Closed toll system Collect transit card and pay a distance toll | |||||
| 2102 | Semenyih Interchange | Semenyih Beranang Bangi Dengkil Setia EcoHill | Trumpet interchange with toll plaza | ||
| Sungai Semenyih bridge | |||||
| Sungai Rinching bridge | |||||
| Sungai Kembong bridge | |||||
| 2102A | Eco Majestic Interchange | Eco Majestic Beranang | Trumpet interchange with toll plaza | ||
| Sungai Beranang bridge | |||||
| Beranang Rest and Service Area (abandoned except surau and toilet) | North bound | ||||
| Beranang Rest and Service Area (abandoned except surau and toilet) | South bound | ||||
| Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border | |||||
| Selangor-Negeri Sembilan border | |||||
| Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus Seremban district border | |||||
| Sungai Batang Benar bridge | |||||
| 2103 | Pajam Interchange | Pajam Nilai Sepang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Johor Bahru | Trumpet interchange with toll plaza | ||
| Sungai Pajam bridge | |||||
| 2104 | Mantin Interchange MTN | Mantin Lenggeng | Trumpet interchange with toll plaza | ||
| Sungai Bangkung bridge 230 m above sea level | |||||
-- | 240 m above sea level | ||||
-- | 250 m above sea level | ||||
| Setul toll plaza STL 258 m above sea level (Highest toll plaza in Malaysia) MyRFID]] Closed toll system Collect transit card and pay a distance toll | |||||
| Setul toll plaza STL 258 m above sea level | Paroi bound Highest toll plaza in Malaysia | ||||
| Setul viaduct 250 m above sea level | |||||
| 2105 | Setul Interchange 248 m above sea level | Seremban town centre Temiang Port Dickson | Directional-T interchange | ||
| 2105A | Ulu Temiang Interchange 247 m above sea level | Temiang-Pantai Highway Sri Pulai Sri Penaga Penaga Indah Temiang Pantai Jalan Seremban–Simpang Pertang | Directional-T interchange | ||
-- | 245 m above sea level | Start/End of six-lane carriageway Start/End of four-lane carriageway | |||
| Sungai Temiang bridge 241 m above sea level | |||||
| Ampangan toll plaza AMP | Kajang bound | ||||
| Ampangan toll plaza APG MyRFID]] Opened toll systems Pay toll | |||||
-- | Start/End of four-lane carriageway Start/End of six-lane carriageway | ||||
| 2106 | Ampangan Interchange | Northeast Kuala Klawang (Jelebu) Southwest Ampangan Seremban town centre Port Dickson | Parclo interchange | ||
| Sungai Linggi bridge | |||||
-- | Start/End of six-lane carriageway Start/End of four-lane carriageway | ||||
| Taman Ampangan | Taman Ampangan Taman Bukit Ampangan Taman Margosa | LILO junctions Paroi bound | |||
| Taman Ampangan | Taman Ampangan Taman Bukit Ampangan Taman Margosa | LILO junctions Kajang bound | |||
| 2107 | Paroi Interchange | West Seremban City Centre Ampangan Paroi East Kuala Pilah Seri Menanti Ulu Bendol Recreational Forest | Multi-level stack interchange | ||
| Kajang–Seremban_Highway Start/End of expressway LEKAS border limit | |||||
| JKR border limit | |||||
| South Persiaran Senawang 1 Senawang Rembau North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Johor Bahru | |||||