KUALA LUMPUR: The findings of the special committee set up last month to study the impact of toll rates on consumers and 28 companies given highway concessions will be tabled to the Cabinet in two months, said Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR 7 Julai - Kementerian Kerja Raya akan mewujudkan terma baru dengan syarikat-syarikat konsesi tol berkaitan perjanjian untuk memansuhkan atau mengurangkan kadar tol di seluruh negara selepas selesai membuat kajian.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamad (gambar) berkata, beliau telah meminta pegawai undang-undang di bawah kementeriannya supaya melihat semula terma-terma sedia ada bagi membuat penilaian sebelum diwujudkan terma perjanjian yang baru.

KUALA LUMPUR - Kementerian Kerja Raya akan mengenalpasti lebih banyak jalan utama di negeri- negeri yang boleh dinaik taraf sebagi jalan Persekutuan mengikut Akta Jalan 1959 setetah mendapat persekutujuan kerajaan Negeri.

Ketua Setiausaha kementerian itu, Datuk Dr Abdul Munit Kasmin berkata, Datuk Dr Abdul Munit Kasmin berkata, sehingga kini, kementerian bertanggungjawab terhadap 221 jalan Persekutuan di Semananjung, lapan di Sabah dan tuju di Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR - Pengguna lebuh raya berpeluang mendapatkan produk segar pada harga berpatutan apabila Pasar Tani dibuka di 16 kawasan rehat & rawat (R&R) lebuh raya, kata Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Ir. Mohd Zin  Mohamed.

"Kita telah memberi izin kepada Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani untuk mewujudkan pasar tani di kawasan lebuh raya dan terpulang bila hendak dimulakan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis perjumpaan bersama kontraktor yang melaksanakan projek Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) di seluruh negara, semalam.

KUALA LUMPUR - Kementerian Kerja Raya semalam meluluskan pemberian permit kepada peniaga kecil dan penjaja bagi menjalankan operasi pasar tani di 11 buah lokasi di beberapa lebuh raya sekitar Lembah Kelang.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, pemberian kebenaran lokasi tersebut menerusi Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia(LLM) merupakan salah satu iniasiatif mengurangkan beban rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed will meet contractors of Works Department (JKR) projects today to discuss the rising costs of building materials.

He said some projects are running at a loss due to the high prices of building materials, and the Ministry wanted to find a way to ease the burden on the contractors.

"We need to find a solution, and decide on the next step to be taken (to overcome the issue)," he said.

PETALING JAYA: Developers are cautious about launching new projects as the cost of building materials is rising.

Masters Builders Association Malaysia secretary-general Yap Yoke Keong said there was a 20% to 30% impact in construction cost compared with late last year.

He said that with the increase in prices, developers would have a hard time determining the selling price.

"There is a tsunami in the construction industry and I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel," Yap said when contacted here yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR 1 Julai - Keputusan sama ada kerajaan akan mengambil alih 19 syarikat konsesi lebuh raya yang beroperasi di Lembah Klang seperti dicadangkan MCA Selangor akan diketahui dua bulan lagi.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, pihaknya dalam proses perbincangan dengan syarikat-syarikat konsesi tersebut.

''Kita mahu teliti cadangan itu. Kita mahu keputusannya kelak tidak membebankan mana-mana pihak,'' katanya.

TRAVELLING in the Klang Valley can be a breeze, tolls notwithstanding, thanks to a network of highways. However, some of these highways stick out like a sore thumb as they have not been completed according to schedule.

There are many factors that cause these projects to slow down or even halt halfway through construction and the main problem is usually financial.

Other factors include land acquisition and disputes with landowners pertaining to compensation.

KUALA LUMPUR: Motorcycles are now allowed on the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (Akleh).

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said this was the second highway opened to motorcyclists this month, after the Maju Expressway, previously known as Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Highway, on June 5.

He said the decision was made after much consideration on the recent fuel hike that has caused the people, especially the low-income group, to opt for motorcycles as their means of transport.