KUALA LUMPUR: Walkability in the city will get a huge boost when the Saloma Link, a new pedestrian bridge, opens at 2.30pm today.

The Saloma Link is a 68m long pedestrian bridge between Lorong Raja Muda Musa 3 and Lorong Saloma across the Akleh Highway and its construction is scheduled to kick off by the year end.

The Saloma Link is a 69m pedestrian bridge over Akleh and Sungai Klang that ‘marries’ the old and new parts of Kuala Lumpur, with Jalan Ampang on the left and Kampung Baru on the right.

The link offers a seamless connection between Kampung Baru and Jalan Ampang, at a spot near KLCC.Saloma Link stretches for 370m, but the span that crosses the highway and river is 69m long ...