SEPANG 12 Okt. - Kementerian Kerja Raya sedang mengkaji cadangan yang dikemukakan PLUS Expressways Berhad (PLUS) untuk membina satu laluan alternatif baru bagi mengurangkan masalah kesesakan di Lebuh raya Damansara Puchong (LDP) yang kini sudah dikategorikan sebagai 'paling teruk'. 

Menterinya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, pembinaan laluan alternatif itu dianggap sebagai perlu berikutan kesesakan di LDP sudah berada di tahap kritikal terutama di plaza tol Sunway dan Sungai Penchala. 

SEPANG: Satu laluan alternatif di sepanjang Lebuhraya Damansara Pucung (LDP) akan diwujudkan terutama berhampiran kawasan Plaza Tol Sunway dan Sungai Pencala bagi mengurangkan kesesakan di lebuh raya terbabit yang kini diangap paling teruk.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed berkata kementerian sedang mengkaji cadangan yang dikemukkan Plus Expresways Bhd (Plus) untuk membina laluan berkenaan sebagai usaha memberikan keselesaan kepada pengguna.

SEPANG: The Works Ministry is studying a proposal on an alternative passage for Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) users to ease congestion on the highway.

Its minister, Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed, said yesterday the matter had been discussed with Plus expressways Berhad and that the proposal was being studied by the Malaysia Highway Authority and the Economic Planning Unit.

KUALA LUMPUR 15 Okt. - Malaysia akan menjadi tuan rumah Pertandingan Kemahiran ASEAN Ke-7 yang buat pertama kalinya akan diadakan di Akademi Binaan Malaysia, Jalan Chan Sow Lin di sini bermula 14 hingga 16 November depan.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, pertandingan julung kali itu mengumpulkan 10 negara ASEAN membabitkan 386 peserta untuk menyertai 19 bidang kemahiran berasaskan industri pembinaan.

LDP must come up with incentive plan, says engineer

A CONSULTING engineer has suggested the concessionaire of the Damansara Puchong Highway (LDP) come up with an incentive plan to ease the traffic flow which has reached a critical mass.

"The operator must offer some kind of carrot in order to ease the jam, like providing reduced toll rates for vehicles with more than one passenger," said vice-president of Institute of Engineers Malaysia, Datuk Ir Dr Rashid Maidin.

The congestion on the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP),has been blamed on the several unexpected and large-scale developments on the stretch in the last five years.

For instance, projects like the Desa Park City, Sunway Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan (SPK), Damansara Perdana, Mutiara Damansara, Kota Damansara, Sunway Damansara, Bandar Utama, Kelana Jaya, Dataran Prima, Bandar Sunway and Puchong, Unfortunately, they were without alternative traffic dispersal points.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Kerjaraya mensasarkan untuk meningkatkan kualiti dan kuantiti modal insan negara yang berkemahiran tinggi dalam industri pembinaan bagi menggantikan 318,000 pekerja asing yang terbabit dalam sektor itu. 

Menterinya, Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed, berkata modal insan berkualiti tidak semestinya lahir daripada kecemerlangan akademik, malah kini terbukti golongan yang berkemahiran tinggi khususnya dalam rekaan dan pembinaan turut berjaya mengecapi hidup mewah. 

KUALA LUMPUR - Terowong SMART ditutup kepada lalu lintas mulai pukul 4.15 petang tadi berkuatan hujan lebat di kawasan tadahan Sungai Klang/Sungai Ampang.

Menurut Pengarah Pusat Kawalan SMART Ir. Koon Sing bacaan paras air tertinggi Sungai Klang di Jambatan Tun Perak mencecah sehingga 29 meter pukul 4.34 petang manakala paras tebing Sungai Klang di Jambatan Tun Perak 30.24 meter.

PETALING JAYA: Development may be speeding ahead, but traffic is literally still inching forward, if nor coming to a full stop.

The mushrooming of development projects in the Klang valley may be outstripping the pace at which existing infrastructure is being upgraded to cater to a rise in traffic in the area ? and this is a serious cause of concern.

SEPANG: The plan to build a second highway to reduce the traffic load on the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) has been scrapped, barely a week after its announcement. 

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said the highway could cost RM2 billion and the government felt it was better to work on other solutions to end traffic woes on the LDP, including an extension of the Putra Light Rail Transit network to cover the LDP route.

Also, the concessionaire of the LDP, Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings (Litrak) Bhd, would be asked to work on improving the highway.