For this entry admin wants to share to all followers and visitors about another major achievement of Malaysia's construction of underground tunnels. Let's take a bit of knowledge about the project.
The "Stormwater Management And Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a major national project in the country. The 9.7 km (6.0 mi) tunnel is the longest stormwater tunnel in South East Asia and second longest in Asia.
The main objective
1. To solve the problem of flash floods in Kuala Lumpur and;
2. To reduce traffic jams along Jalan Sungai Besi and Loke Yew flyover at Pudu during rush hour.
There are two components of this tunnel, the stormwater tunnel and motorway tunnel. It is the longest multi-purpose tunnel in the world.
| Stormwater tunnel | Motorway tunnel |
| Construction cost: RM1,887 million (US$514.6 million) | Motorway tunnel length: 4 km (2.5 mi) |
| Stormwater tunnel length: 9.7 km (6.0 mi) | Structure type: Double Deck |
| Diameter: 13.2 m (43.3 ft) (outer diameter) | Ingress and egress: 1.5 km (0.93 mi) at Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Imbi |
| Tunnelling method: Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) | Length: 1.4 km (0.87 mi) at Jalan Tun Razak |
| TBM type: Slurry shield | Links: 1.6 km (0.99 mi) at Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Links: City Centre near Kg. Pandan Roundabout KL-Seremban Expressway near Sungai Besi Airport |
FM Radio channels available in the tunnel
| Radio | Frequencies |
| Klasik Nasional FM | 87.7 MHz |
| KL FM | 97.2 MHz |
| Nasional FM | 95.3 MHz |
| Hot FM | 97.6 MHz |
| Fly FM | 95.8 MHz |
| Hitz FM | 92.9 MHz |
| Traxx FM | 90.3 MHz |
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