KUALA LUMPUR: The Works Ministry is in the final process of updating data on the overall study of the terms of the existing agreements with toll concession companies aimed at reducing the toll rates throughout the country.
"We are in the final stage of updating the data and we have made several options as well as a new traffic projection based on the capacity of the existing infrastructure.
KUALA LUMPUR Kawasan Rehat dan Rawat (R&R) Dengkil dikedua-dua arah Lebuh Raya Lingkaran Tengah (Elite) akan ditutup sementara untuk membolehkan kerja-kerja pembersihan dilakukan.
Penutupan bagi R&R Dengkil (arah utara) di Kilometer 23.5 akan dilaksanakan pada Isnin ini bermula dari pukul 9 pagi hingga 4 petang manakala R&R arah selatan akan ditutup pada hari Selasa pada waktu yang sama.
PLUS Expressways Berhad (PLUS) satu dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan semalam memberitahu, semua gerai dan kemudahan awam disitu akan ditutup kecuali stesen minyak.
SHAH ALAM Kementerian Kerja Raya akan mengkaji permintaan Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) untuk membina satu persimpangan bertingkat bagi memudahkan laluan keluar masuk ke dewan besar universiti itu yang bakal dibina di Seksyen 1 berdekatan Lebuh Raya Persekutuan di sini tahun depan.
Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mobamed berkata, kajian tersebut perlu dilakukan kerana mermintaan untuk membina laluan bertingkat tersebut tidak termasuk dalam bajet Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9).
SERDANG - Enam unit lampu isyarat sistem lama di sekitar kawasan ini bakal dinaik taraf dengan anggaran kos sebanyak RM700,000 hasil peruntukan daripada Kememterian Kerja Raya.
Bekas Ahli Perlimen Serdang, Datuk Yap Pian Hon berkata, tahun lalu beliau ada meminta Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) menaik taraf kebanyakan lampu isyarat sepanjang jalan utama Seri Kembangan berikutan sering menerima aduan kerosakan daripada penduduk.
KUALA LUMPUR: The 50 sen toll on the highway at Gunung Raya in Langkawi will be abolished from tomorrow.
Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said this was decided at yesterday's cabinet meeting.
On the Penang Bridge, Mohd Zin said heavy vehicles would be barred from using it during peak hours daily from Aug 15.
This is to ease congestion while the bridge is undergoing upgrading work.
It is expected to be completed by September next year.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Works Ministry will partially compensate contractors affected by the rising cost of construction materials.
Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said the decision to pay them variation of price (VOP) compensation was for projects starting from Jan 1 this year.
Mohd Zin said the materials that came under VOP were steel, cement, bitumen, premix, sand, gravel, guardrail, fabric reinforcement, copper, water and sewerage pipes, diesel and petrol.
Previously, only steel and cement were considered for VOP compensation.
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.
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.
KUALA LUMPUR 2 Julai - Syarikat konsesi lebuh raya, Plus Expressways Berhad (Plus) membelanjakan RM1.6 bilion termasuk RM595 juta pada tahun ini untuk melaksanakan kerja-kerja menaik taraf dan penyelenggaraan sejak penubuhannya 13 tahun lalu.
Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, kerja-kerja itu meliputi pelaksanaan dan pemasangan trafik pintar di laluan utama iaitu Lebuh Raya Lembah Klang dan pembesaran lorong di plaza tol untuk melancarkan aliran trafik.
NIBONG TEBAL: The second Penang bridge will be completed in 2011 as scheduled, and the cost will be RM4.5bil.
UEM Group Berhad managing director and chief executive officer Ahmad Pardas Senin said the commonly quoted figure of RM3.6bil was only for the cost of the construction of the bridge over water.
This did not take into account the RM900mil needed to construct the 7km expressway linking it to the North South Expressway.
