KUALA LUMPUR-  The Smart Tunnel for the Jalan Sultan Ismail entry and exit stretch will be closed to traffic for eight hour from 11pm tomorrow.

Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd, the company managing the tunnel, he said in a statement yesterday the closure was for the Public Work Department to fix a beam for a pedestrian bridge.

Tunnel user are advised to use the Jalan Tun Razak entry point to travel to Cheras or Seremban and the Jalan Tun Razak exit point to get to the city centre.

Repair Work'ss on the collapsed road to Fraser's Hill cannot be carried out effectively as the slope is still active.

Officers from the Ministry of Works, who visited the site on Wednesday, told the ministry?s secretary general, Datuk Dr Adbdul Munit Kasmin, the grim news.

" I was told that the slope is still active and is prone to added landslides if not dealt monitor the situation closely before starting remedial work," he said.

KUALA LUMPUR - Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan Jalan Raya (Smart) yang ditutup selama empat hari sejak Sabtu lepas akan dibuka semula kepada lalu lintas mulai pukul 5 petang semalam.

Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Perancangan dan Pembangunan) Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia, Ir. Ismail Md. Salleh berkata, hasil pemeriksaan dan perbincangan bersama pengurusan Smart mendapati, terowong itu sudah berada dalam keadaan baik untuk dibuka kepada lalu lintas.

KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong (Smart), membuka semula terowong itu kepada lalu lintas pada 5 petang semalam.

Dalam kenyataan akhbarnya, Smart memaklumkan terowong itu ditutup sejak 6 petang pada 22 Mac lalu bagi membolehkan Sistem Operasi Banjir dilaksanakan berikutan ribut petir melanda ibu kota dan memohon maaf di atas segala kesulitan yang berlaku.

Orang ramai boleh menghubungi talian bantuan Smart di 1 300 88 7188 untuk pertanyaan.

THE Smart Tunnel should reopen in a few days, if the weather is good.According to a spokesman from Sya-rikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong, the company managing the tunnel, workers started the necessary cleaning and inspection process inside the tunnel on Monday.

"The standard procedure is that when the tunnel is switched to Mode III, the tunnel requires up to four days from the day the water recedes to reopen.

KUALA LUMPUR 26 Mac - Kesesakan lalu lintas yang dialami warga kota sejak beberapa hari lalu kembali pulih seperti biasa apabila Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan Jalan Raya (SMART) dibuka semula kepada semua kenderaan petang ini.

Terowong yang mula dibuka kepada pengguna jalan raya pada pukul 5 petang itu berjaya melancarkan perjalanan orang ramai terutama mereka yang mahu pulang selepas waktu kerja.

Jurucakap Bilik Kawalan SMART memaklumkan orang ramai sudah mula menggunakan terowong itu yang dibuka kepada semua kenderaan dari arah utara dan selatan.

For the time being, the old regulated gate system, which carries out ascents and descents for visitors to Fraser's Hill via timed intervals, will be in effect.

The RM50 million road, linking the Gap to the hill resort, has been rendered unpassable since last December following a massive landslide.

The road, completed in 2001, is used by motorists when heading up to Fraser's Hill while the old road is used when coming down.

Authorities anticipate the road would be re-opened in six months to a year's time.

Raub member of Parliamen Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen appeared guarded when asked to comment about the closure of  the new road from the Gap to Fraser's Hill.

She did stress that the matter was "complicated, as one would have to consider the whole stretch of road and not just the area affected by the landslide.

"In early 2000, we requested the Federal Government to built a new road.

"The road was built to enhance the image of  Fraser's Hill. Since then, the road has been plagued by many technical problems," she said.

GOMBAK 9 Jan.- Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) akan mengotakan janjinya kepada para penduduk Taman Koperasi Polis Fasa 2, Taman Melewar dan kawasan sekitarnya untuk membina jejantas yang mempunyai laluan sikal.

Ketua pengarahnya, Datuk Ir. Mohamad Razali Othman berkata, laluan sikal tersebut akan dibina dalam masa terdekat ini bagi memberi kemudahan kepada penduduk tersebut.

"Kami akan membina lalaun sikal tersebut seperti yang dipersetujui sebelum ini bagi memberi kemudahan kepada penduduk terbabit terutamanya kanak-kanak sekolah untuk menyeberang lebuh raya tersebut.

GEORGE TOWN: With the lifting of a stop-work order yesterday, the sea dredging for the second Penang Bridge can resume. 

State Tourism Development and Environment Committee chairman Teng Chang Yeow said UEM Builders Bhd and its contractors had complied with the Department of Environment's requirements.

The DOE had issued the order in December because they had failed to install a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system on their barges so their movements could be tracked via satellite.