KUALA LUMPUR: The Sungai Besi Highway will be extended to link the existing expressway with the Middle Ring Road II and other housing areas in Pandan.
Currently, the expressway, which is operated by Besraya Sdn Bhd, stretches from the Jalan Istana interchange in Sungai Besi to Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang.
KUALA LUMPUR: The toll charge at Salak Jaya on the Sungai Besi Expressway was abolished yesterday.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed, who officiated at the closing of the toll plaza, said a new 12.3km extension to the highway, costing RM650 million, would be built in three years.
Zin said: "The toll collection here was supposed to be abolished on March 1, but Besraya (M) Sdn Bhd agreed to do it four days earlier.
"Some 50,000 road users will benefit from this."
ILTIZAM Malaysia ke arah menjadi sektor perkhidmatan awam bertaraf dunia dan kelas pertama direalisasikan dengan pengwujudan Sistem Star Rating (SSR). SSR adalah salah satu mekanisme penarafan prestasi terhadap mutu perkhidmatan awam di Malaysia.
WIFE of the Deputy Prime Minister Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (left) receiving a RM500,000 mock cheque from PLUS Expressway Bhd managing director Noorizah Abdul Hamid at the cheque-presentation ceremony for the Palestine Humanitarian Fund at the Construction Industrial Development Board (CIDB) yesterday.
Witnessing the cheque presentation was Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed.
Rosmah who is the patron of the fund received a total collection of RM800,000 in donations from various agencies under the Works Ministry.
KUALA LUMPUR 8 Feb- Lebuh Raya Duta-Ulu Klang (DUKE) mula mengenakan tol kepada pengguna tepat pukul 12.01 tengah malam tadi bagi beberapa laluan.
Laluan yang terlibat ialah, bahagian lebuh raya yang bermula dari Plaza Tol NKVE sehingga ke Jalan Kuching, dan bahagian DUKE yang bersambung dari arah timur merentasi jalan-jalan jejari seperti Semarak, Jalan Setiawangsa, Jalan Ulu Klang ke Jalan Lingkaran Tengah Dua (MRR2).
SEPANG 8 Feb. - Keputusan sama ada kerajaan bersetuju memansuhkan kutipan tol di Plaza Tol PJS2, Lebuh Raya Pantai Baru (NPE), Kuala Lumpur hanya akan diketahui selepas mesyuarat Kabinet, Rabu ini.
Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, beliau akan membentangkan permintaan penduduk untuk memansuhkan tol terbabit dalam mesyuarat itu untuk persetujuan jemaah menteri.
''Saya tidak boleh membelakangkan Kabinet, semua kena diluluskan melalui Kabinet.
PLUS Expressways Bhd has announced a two week closure of both the male and female toilets at the Juru lay-by (northbound) at Km141.6 on the North-South Expressway from today till Feb 24.
The temporary closure is to facilitate upgrading work on these toilets.
"However, the existing toilet cabins are still open for all highway users," says the expressway operator.
It adds that the upgraded toilets are scheduled to be reopened by 8.30am on Feb 25
THE Public Works Department (PWD) has assured that Jalan Gua Musan- Lojing in Kelantan is safe for all vehichles.
The Department?s Slope Division director Datuk Dr Ashaari Mohammad said, although there were landslips and a major road cave-in, causing the stretch at Km85 to be vehicles for a few weeks the PWD had taken remedial measures to ensure that the road was safe for use.
He said the occurrence of landslips during the recent rainy spell was due to the lack of monitoring by the department.
SEREMBAN: Sebahagian jalan di Taman Bukit Sentosa Paroi, dekat sini akan ditutup kepada lalu lintas berikutan kerja pembinaan sebahagian dari Pakej 3 Lebuh Raya Kajang-Seremban (Lekas) bermula 16 Februari ini.
Ketua pegawai Eksekutif Lekas Sdn Bhd, Neoh Soon Hiong berkata antara jalan yang ditutp ialah Jalan Margosa 1, Margosa 7, Margosa 13 dan sebahagian dari Jalan Persiaran Chengal.
GEORGE TOWN- Sekumpulan pakar dari Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) mencipta alat pengesan Sistem Maklumat Pangkalan Data Frekuensi Radio (RFID) yang pertama di Malaysia dengan keupayaan mengesan data atau kehadiran seseorang dari jarak sejauh 45 meter.
Sistem yang dibangunkan dengan kos RM2 juta itu dikatakan mempunyi keupayaan yang lebih baik untuk mengantikan sistem Smart Tag yang digunakan yang digunakan di plaza-plaza tol.
