Samy Vellu ancam larangan motosikal guna lebuh raya
PARIT - Setelah melihat sendiri empat penunggang motosikal berkuasa besar berlumba di Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan kelmarin, Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri Samy Vellu berkata, kerajaan mungkin mengharamkan motosikal daripa menggunakan lebuh raya jika mereka ini mengaancam nyawa pengguna lain.
Beliau berkata, langkah drastik itu terpaksa diambil jika penunggang morosikal terus mengabaikan undang-undang dengan berlumba di lebuh raya.
Notis amaran terakhir kontraktor gagal siap projek
KUALA LUMPUR 6 Sept. - Kementerian Kerja Raya hari ini menghantar notis amaran terakhir kepada sembilan kontraktor yang gagal menyiapkan projek dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, notis itu memberi amaran yang perkhidmatan mereka akan ditamatkan jika gagal memperbaiki prestasi kerja masing-masing.
"Kontraktor terlibat diberi masa sebulan bermula hari ini untuk meningkatkan prestasi kerja di tapak atau menghadapi risiko ditamatkan kontrak mereka.
Buck up or be sacked, contractors warned
KUALA LUMPUR: Contractors whose projects are delayed may see their contracts terminated.
Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said nine contractors were given final warning letters yesterday after a consensus in the cabinet on the matter.
He warned contractors to commence work or provide reasonable explanation within a month, or face the sack.
"We have issued them several warnings," he said after launching the "First Class Work Culture" campaign in his ministry.
Speed limit to be reduced this Raya
KUALA LUMPUR: The speed limit on federal and state roads will be reduced by 10kph to 20kph for three weeks during the Hari Raya festive period.
Anyone going beyond 80kph will be booked. The present speed limit on state and federal roads is 90kph.
The decision was made by a committee headed by the Works Ministry tasked with finding ways to reduce accidents on the roads during Hari Raya.
Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the committee?s goal was an accident-free Hari Raya this year.
Tunnel proves its worth
KUALA LUMPUR: The Storm-water Management and Road Tunnel (Smart) justified its RM2 billion waters form the city on Monday.
The tunnel diverted more than 550,000 cubic metres of rain water which would have flooded parts of the city.
The success proved a double celebration for Smart as it was also the tunnel's first flood diversion exercise since its completion in late June.
"Monday's incident proved that Smart was capable of battling flash floods," said Kuala Lumpur flood mitigation project director John Abraham.