SEMENYIH 13 Sept. - Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) sepatutnya mengutamakan pelebaran Jalan Kajang-Semenyih sebelum melakukan kerja menaik taraf beberapa jalan lain di kawasan berhampiran.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Semenyih, Datuk Ahamad Kuris Mohd. Nor berkata, masalah kesesakan di bandar itu tidak akan selesai selagi jalan utama di situ tidak dilebarkan.

"Punca masalah kesesakan ialah kerana jalannya mengembang dan menguncup. Sepatutnya JKR utamakan kerja-kerja di sini dan bukannya di tempat lain seperti Jalan Semenyih-Broga," katanya ketika dihubungi hari ini.

BUTTERWORTH 14 Sept. - Struktur rangkaian jalan raya, jambatan dan jejambat yang terdapat di negara ini mampu menahan kesan gegaran akibat gempa bumi yang berlaku di rantau Asia Tenggara sejak kebelakangan ini.

Dekan Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam Kampus Kejuruteraan Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Prof. Madya Dr. Ahmad Farhan Mohd. Sadullah berkata, infrastruktur itu dibina dengan mengambil kira faktor bebanan dinamik bagi menghadapi kemungkinan bencana tersebut.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Storm-water Management and Road Tunnel (Smart) justified its RM2 billion waters form the city on Monday.

The tunnel diverted more than 550,000 cubic metres of rain water which would have flooded parts of the city.

The success proved a double celebration for Smart as it was also the tunnel's first flood diversion exercise since its completion in late June.

"Monday's incident proved that Smart was capable of battling flash floods," said Kuala Lumpur flood mitigation project director John Abraham.

DAMANSARA Utama residents do not want the Damansara ? Puchong Highway (LDP) to be expanded into their residential area along Jalan SS21/44, which is adjacent to the highway.

Linkaran Trans Kota Holdings Bhd (Litrak) had announced that it would spend RM84mil to upgrade the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Interchange at Km6.8 (The Star. Aug 29)