PLUS released a travel advisory to motorists plying the North-South Expressway for the Merdeka weekend and would be doing the same for Hari Raya next week.  

Traffic congestion is mainly due to toll collection at the exits. Not all motorists have Touch 'n Go cards.  

For cash payment, it would ease congestion if motorists present the exact amount when paying toll. PLUS should publish the toll rates in the newspapers so that motorists can cooperate and be ready with the exact amount.  

THE government may ban motorcycles on the North-South Expressway if motorcyclists continue to flout traffic rules, Work Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.

He said such a move would be necessary if motorcyclists failed to heed traffic rules and endangered the live of other motorists.

"Yesterday, I sow high-powered motorcycles on the Plus expressway and (the motorcyclists) were going at 170km per hours. The were four of them riding and racing in two lanes," he said during a visit to the site of the Jalan Ipoh-Lumut upgrading project at Bota in Parit yesterday.

SUNGAI BULOH 2 Okt. - Kerajaan bersetuju untuk mengurangkan buat sementara had laju di jalan-jalan Persekutuan di seluruh negara daripada 90 kilometer sejam (km/j) kepada 80 km/j berkuat kuasa 6 Oktober ini.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, penguatkuasaan had laju itu yang akan berkuat kuasa sehingga 12 November depan bertujuan mengurangkan kadar kemalangan jalan raya pada musim perayaan.

Beliau berkata, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) kini menjalankan kerja-kerja pemasangan papan tanda pemberitahuan had laju sementara itu.

SUNGAI BULOH: Kementerian Kerjaraya menubuhkan pasukan peronda khas bagi memantau keadaan jalan dan cerun serta membantu mengawasi keadaan trafik di laluan kritikal sepanjang perayaan Aidilfitri ini. 

Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata pasukan itu juga akan memantau aliran trafik di jalan Persekutuan dan negeri dengan dibantu jawatankuasa lalu lintas peringkat daerah yang dianggotai polis, Jawatankuasa Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR), Pejabat Daerah dan agensi lain. 

SUNGAI BULOH: Kementerian Kerjaraya menubuhkan pasukan peronda khas bagi memantau keadaan jalan dan cerun serta membantu mengawasi keadaan trafik di laluan kritikal sepanjang perayaan Aidilfitri ini. 

Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata pasukan itu juga akan memantau aliran trafik di jalan Persekutuan dan negeri dengan dibantu jawatankuasa lalu lintas peringkat daerah yang dianggotai polis, Jawatankuasa Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR), Pejabat Daerah dan agensi lain. 

BOTA: Superbikers will be banned from the North-South Expressway (NSE) if they break traffic laws and disrupt the flow of traffic. 

"They go as fast as 170km per hour on the NSE and sometimes ride four abreast, two on each lane. They must follow the rules and regulations. I want to meet with the associations. If they (don't listen) I will impose a ban on them,? Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said after visiting the almost completed Ipoh-Lumut expressway yesterday.

He said the NSE was not a place for superbikers to race with one another.

UNGAI BULOH: Kadar tol di semua lebuh raya tidak akan dinaikkan selagi kajian mengenai cadangan kenaikan membabitkan tujuh pemegang konsesi belum diserahkan kepada Kabinet, Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu. 

"Kita tidak akan menaikkan kadar tol walaupun selepas 1 Januari depan selagi belum dapat kelulusan Jemaah Menteri," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Kempen Keselamatan Jalan Raya di kawasan Rehat dan Rawat (R&R) Restoran Jejantas Sungai Buloh, di sini semalam. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said those responsible for the collapse of eight concrete beams of an uncompleted Kajang-Seremban Highway flyover near Pajam would face the music. 

He had instructed the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) to investigate the Thursday night incident, and on Saturday the MHA handed its preliminary report to the minister.

Samy Vellu, however, wants a more detailed report.

PUTRAJAYA: There will be no toll increases next year, at least not until the Cabinet had discussed the matter, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. 

"Why do you speculate? Wait until the Cabinet decides," he told reporters when questioned on the toll increase that was announced by Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu on Sunday. 

Najib was speaking to reporters after chairing the Cabinet committee meeting on local government here yesterday. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Cranes and tow-trucks will be on standby at strategic locations on expressways to immediately clear vehicles involved in accidents during the festive season.  

This is part of a package of measures undertaken to ensure safer road travel during the Hari Raya holidays, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu. 

He also said that heavy vehicles would not be allowed on the expressways three days before and after Hari Raya.