History
The planning of the East Coast Expressway started in the mid-1990s when the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway was upgraded from the former 2-lane highway into a dual-carriageway expressway in 1997.
Construction of the East Coast Expressway began in 2000, with Phase 1 opened in 22 April 2004. The second part of Phase 1, the Sri Jaya and Jabur was opened in 15 July 2007.
Phase 2 of the expressway, which will extend the highway to Terengganu, is currently under construction and is scheduled for completion in the end of 2015.
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