I Love the ECE!!

At last, after all these years of driving behind heavy lorries and facing unnecessary dangers due to overtaking, I can now enjoy what people on the West Coast had been experiencing all these years. Earlier this week, the long awaited East Coast Highway (Expressway) or ECE is now open for use between Karak and Kuantan. It's kind of a coincidence that I have to do a lot of travelling through and fro KL this week so I've had the opportunity to test out the new highway. And let me tell you that I am going to be the strongest supporter of this highway. It's so much better in many ways. No more tailing behind lorries or slow cars while awaiting for a chance to overtake. No more 90 km/h speed limit, it's 110 km/h all the way man!! Of course, I went up to 150 at times but it's just to test out the road and it's so tempting seeing the empty road in front of you. It's such a lovely and excellent experience. I did 4 hrs from Kerteh to KL the first time we drove down. Today, I did 5 hours from Bidor to Kerteh. Can you believe that? Usually, it would take me 8 hours to travel that distance via road. And it's not as stressful as well, in fact, I truly enjoyed to drive, which is something really rare for me.

I'm sure most people won't mind paying the toll because of all the hardship endured for so long. I hope the highway will also be a catalyst for economic activities in the 3 East Coast states. Logistics has always been a problem, hopefully after this, and also once the 2nd phase is completed, there won't be so much of a hassle to move things quickly here from KL or the West Coast.