KUALA LUMPUR: Class 1 motorists using the North-South Expressway and the North-South Expressway Central Link (Elite) highways will enjoy a 10% discount on toll fees in conjunction with Chinese New Year. 

Highway concessionaire PLUS managing director Noorizah Abd Hamid said in a statement yesterday that discount would be applicable from 12.01am to 7am on Jan 21, 22, 23, 26, 29 and 30.

It is in addition to the 10% discount already enjoyed by Class 1 vehicles traveling during off-peak hours on both expressways since Jan 1, she added.

KUALA LUMPUR- Terowong Smart di sini akan ditutup untuk semua kenderaan bermula pukul 11 malam ini sehingga 6 pagi hari  berikutnya untuk kerja-kerja penyenggaraan bulanan.

Semua pemandu diminta mengikut laluan alternatif sepanjang penutupan tersebut dan mereka yang ingin membuat pertanyaan boleh menggunakan talian Helpine 1-300-88-7188 

KUALA LUMPUR 18 Jan. - Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) dan pengurusan Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur-Karak diminta membina parit berhampiran loji rawatan air yang terletak berdekatan lebuh raya berkenaan bagi mengelak berulangnya pencemaran bekalan air akibat tumpahan minyak.

Pengerusi Eksekutif Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn. Bhd. (Syabas), Tan Sri Rozali Ismail berkata, tumpahan minyak sawit baru-baru ini yang berpunca daripada kemalangan jalan raya di lebuh raya itu merupakan kejadian kali ketiga berlaku dan ia boleh dielakkan.

KUALA LUMPUR: Plus Expressways Bhd (Plus) akan mengumumkan jadual perjalanan berperingkat di Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan pada 20 Januari ini yang dibuat sempena cuti perayaan Tahun Baru Cina pada 26 Januari ini bagi melancarkan laluan trafik. 

Pengurus Besar Komunikasi Korporat Plus, Khalilah Mohd Talha, berkata seperti kebiasaan bagi tahun sebelum ini, syor berkenaan antara lain mencadangkan waktu perjalanan paling sesuai bagi pengguna yang mahu ke destinasi tertentu untuk kemudahan serta keselesaan pengguna. 

Class 1 Plus and Elite highway users will enjoy an additional 10 per cent discount when paying tolls between 12.01am and 7am on selected days during the Chinese New Year festive period. 

Plus Expressways Bhd managing director Noorizah Abd Hamid said the extra discount is applicable for travel on Jan 21, 22, 23, 26, 29 and 30, in conjunction with the celebrations. 

This 10 per cent discount is in addition to the 10 per cent discount already enjoyed by Class 1 Plus and Elite highway users during non-peak hours starting Jan 1, 2009. 

KUALA LUMPUR Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn. Bhd. (Sprint) akan menutup kedua-dua arah lebuh raya itu di Kilometer 1.5 sehingga Dijaya Land Sdn. Bhd.) mulai Ahad ini sehingga 23 Hanuari depan.

Pengurus Komunikasi Sprint, Bhavani Krishna Iyer memberitahu, penutupan dari pukul 12 malam hingga 6 pagi itu adalah bagi membolehkan Kerja-kerja pembinaan jejambat, jalan susur dan Kerja-kerja berkaitan dilaksanakan di kawasan itu.

THE second edition of the Malaysia IBS International Exhibition (MIIE 2009) aims to attract greater interest in the construction industry. 

IBS is a construction process which uses techniques, products, components or building systems involving prefabricated components on or of-site installation. 

The main draw of the three-day event, starting from tomorrow at the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, is an exhibition on IBS products and technologies participated by more than 100 exhibitors.

Admission is FREE.

THERE will be a temporary road diversion on the Sprint Highway, Damansara Link from KM1.5 to KM2.3 (both directions) between midnight and 6am daily until Friday.

The traffic diversion is to facilitate installation of beams for a flyover, slipover and related construction works being conducted by Dijaya Land Sdn Bhd for the Tropicana City mixed development project.

Highway users are advised to adhere to the alternative routes during this period.

Temporary signages have been erected to warn highway users of the closure.

KUCHING: The Works Ministry has estimated about RM1bil in compensation payments to contractors for the variation of prices (VOP) of projects arising from higher cost of building materials.

Deputy Works Minister Datuk Yong Khoon Seng said the ministry has identified 1,311 projects under the VOP.

Some RM44.2mil has been paid out for 270 projects.

"The amount for the other 1,041 projects are being determined," he said at the opening of the ministry's briefing session for VOP and industrialised building system (IBS) at the Kuching Hilton yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Some 1.3 million vehicles are expected to be on the highways during the upcoming festive season.

Traffic is expected to increase by 10% to 30% starting tomorrow with people returning to their hometowns for the Chinese New Year holidays, while heavy traffic is also anticipated for the return journey from Jan 27 to Feb 1.

PLUS Expressways Berhad managing director Noorizah Abd Hamid advised the public to follow the Travel Time Advisory it issued and plan their journey beforehand.