IPOH: Malaysians can expect a 10% increase in toll rates, with eight concessionaires raising their charges form Jan 1 next year, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
However, he said the ministry was working on several proposals to spread part of the cost the concessionaire and the Government.
"Rather than burden the people, we want to divide the load so the companies carry a bit and the people a bit.
WORK Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu said there will be a spillover effect when the RM 489.5 million Trans-Eastern Kedah Interland Trans-Eastern Highway is completed in two years.State ?owned Bina Darulaman Bhd (BDB) is the main contractor for the 116 km toll-free highway job, which will connect Durian Burung to Baling.
"When the highways is completed, we expect new infrastructure, housing and industrial development in the are," Samy Vellu toll Business Times at the launch of Stevens TPO roofing membrane system in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday.
PARIT 1 Okt. - Kementerian Kerja Raya mungkin mengharamkan motosikal berkuasa tinggi daripada menggunakan Lebuh Raya Utara Selatan jika pemiliknya terus mengabaikan aspek keselamatan dan undang-undang jalan raya.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, penunggang motosikal berkuasa tinggi sering menjadikan lebuh raya itu sebagai medan berlumba sehingga membahayakan orang lain.
Malah, beliau sendiri pernah mengalami saat-saat yang menakutkan apabila terserempak dengan golongan itu yang menunggang dengan terlalu laju.
KUALA LUMPUR- Kementerian Kerjaraya mencadangkan lapan syarikat konsesi dan kerajaan masing-masing menyerap sebahagian kenaikan 10 peratus kadar tol yang sepatutnya dilaksanakan Januari depan,supaya tidak membebankan pengguna, kata Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu.
Beliau berkata, kementerian berharap kerajaan dan syarikat konsesi bertolak ansur dan berkongsi sama rata peningkatan terbabit walaupun perjanjian konsesi membenarkan kenaikan 10 peratus.
SEREMBAN: Kementerian Penerangan mengesan 35 jenis kerosakan pada struktur bangunan Kompleks Penyiaran Negeri Sembilan di Sungai Gadut, Senawang, dekat sini, yang dibina dengan kos RM38.5 juta dan baru digunakan awal bulan lalu.
Antara kerosakan itu ialah pada siling yang berpunca daripada sistem hawa dingin, tandas orang kenamaan, jalan masuk ke kompleks serta beberapa kemudahan di bahagian dalaman, tetapi tiada yang membabitkan peralatan penyiaran Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).
KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan sedang merumus formula konsesi tol baru yang akan memberi faedah dan manfaat yang sama rata kepada pengguna, syarikat konsesi, kerajaan serta institusi kewangan yang membiayai pembinaan sesuatu lebuh raya.
Menteri Kerjaraya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata keputusan itu dibuat bagi mengatasi kekurangan dan kelemahan perjanjian konsesi sedia ada dengan mengambil kita pandangan semua pihak terbabit.
IPOH: The 14 sinkholes which have appeared in several places in the state were partly caused by the recent earthquakes on the seabed off Sumatra.
State Mineral and Geoscience Department director Mohd Noor Ayoob said the fact that the holes occurred immediately after the strong quakes pointed to this.
PROJEK Lebuh Raya Pantai Timur (LPT) bukan saja memberi kemudahan perjalanan dari Kuala Lumpur ke Kuantan, malah bakal menjadi laluan penghubung penting kepada Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECER).
LPT yang menghubungkan Karak dan Kuantan meliputi jarak 169 kilometer mengurangkan masa perjalanan kepada separuh atau dua setengah jam. Dibina pada kos RM1.2 bilion, ia dibuka dengan rasmi Sultan Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah pada 1 Ogos 2004.
KUALA LUMPUR: The construction industry, crippled by the recent shortage of cement in the market, has been assured that supply will return to normal within a month.
The assurance came from cement manufacturers during a closed-door meeting chaired by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal with manufacturers, contractors, developers and building materials suppliers recently.
Also present were officials from the International Trade and Industry Ministry and the Finance Ministry.
SEREMBAN: The Government might slap a penalty against the main contractor whose negligence caused damage at the newly completed RTM RM38mil-complex near here.
A leak at the air-condition vent caused flooding at the ground floor of the building. The complex was opened on Aug 1.
Information Ministry secretary-general Datuk Kamarudin Siaraf said the contractor's lackadaisical attitude towards maintenance had affected the ministry's image.
