StarMetro spoke to several motorists to find out if the modifications and improvements in Jalan Tun Razak had improved traffic flow, especially during peak hours.

Interior designer Valerie Tham, 27, said there was still traffic congestion along Jalan Tun Razak, especially near the National Heart Institute.

“I do not see any difference at all. The place is still congested heading from KLCC to Jalan Tun Razak and the Bulatan Pahang,” she said.

However, Justin Samson, 29, a corporate communications head of a logistics company, said there was improvement in traffic.

“Once I got caught in a traffic snarl for almost two hours during the late evening in front of RHB Bank.

“This happened a few years ago but of late, there is some improvement along the Jalan Tun Razak stretch. It is still congested but with the new systems in place, at least traffic is moving,” he said.

IT consultant Maximilius Abbas Wan, 29, uses Jalan Tun Razak every day to get to his office and finds that traffic along the road has improved although it is not good enough.

“There used to be barriers to control traffic but motorists would ignore and drive over them to get to the adjacent lane.

“Now, since they installed concrete kerbs, traffic is much better because motorists are ‘forced’ to keep to their lanes,” said Maximilius, adding that DBKL should also look at what was practised in other major cities around the world to improve traffic flow.

“In Korea, roads in their suburbs can reach up to six lanes on one side whereas in our city, there are only three lanes which sometimes converge to two lanes.

“Over there, the local authority buys unused or old buildings beside the road that are then demolished in order to extend the road. This is never done here,” citing the Pekeliling Flats, also known as Tunku Abdul Rahman Flats, as an example.

“When the Pekeliling Flats in Kuala Lumpur were demolished, I thought they were going to create more lanes instead the plan was to construct another building,” he said.