A TOTAL of 20 closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) will keep watch over motorists as they travel on the Kajang-Seremban (Lekas) highway once it is completely operational next year.

This means that the 44.3km highway will be closely monitored on the Traffic Control and Surveillance System (TCSS) as there would be a CCTV every two kilometres.

The Kajang-Pajam stretch has been open to traffic since Aug 22. It is the second stretch to be opened, after the Kajang-Kajang Selatan Interchange stretch.

KUALA LUMPUR - Projek Lintasan Shah Alam Sdn. Bhd., akan menutup Laluan motosikal di Lebuhraya Kesas selama 15 bulan bermula Jumaat ini.

Pengurus Besar Pembangunan Organisasinya, Azhari Karim berkata penutupan itu bagi menjalankan kerja-kerja pembinaan di lebuh raya tersebut.

"Penutupan akan bermula dari laluan motosikal Kilomiter (KM) 30.4 hingga 29.2 sepanjang tempoh 15 bulan," katanya dalam satu kenyataan kepada Kosmo! Semalam.

Selain itu, menurutnya, lencongan sementara bagi laluan itu adalah melalu lebuh raya utama Kesas.

KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) akan memasang kerangka pengikat (tie-frame) dalam tempoh dua minggu ini pada tiang rasuk jejambat Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2) yang retak 3 Ogos lalu, sementara menunggu kerja baik pulih kekal selesai. 

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC), Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid, berkata JKR memberi jaminan laluan itu selamat untuk kegunaan kenderaan kerana keretakan terbabit tidak menjejaskan kekukuhan struktur asas tiang. 

PUTRAJAYA: Contractors of ongoing government projects as well as new ones will be given two interim progress payments a month starting immediately. 

The government has also agreed to allow an extension of up to three months for projects under construction, subject to conditions.

Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said it was hoped that with these incentives, government projects could be completed as planned.

KESAS Sdn Bhd has completed a road-widening project as a long-term solution to resolve the traffic congestion at the stretch between the Kemuning and Hicom interchanges in Shah Alam.

According to Kesas chief operating officer Imran Gulcharan Abdullah, the RM17mil project involves about 2km from the y-junction at Km30.1 to the Hicom interchange at Km32.9 (east bound) on the Kesas Highway.

Work began in April last year and was completed within 15 months. It was open to traffic on July 15 this year.

Imran said the upgrade work involved:

Kemudahan khas termasuk lanjut tempoh siap projek dilaksana: Nor Mohamed

PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan bersetuju memberi kemudahan khas berhubung pelaksanaan perubahan harga dalam kontrak kerja kepada kontraktor menerusi bayaran kemajuan interim dua kali sebulan dan membenarkan lanjutan tempoh siap sehingga tiga bulan bagi projek dalam pembinaan. 

Menteri Kewangan Kedua, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, berkata pembayaran dua kali sebulan itu bertujuan membantu aliran tunai kontraktor yang berdepan kenaikan harga bahan binaan secara mendadak. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Public project contractors will be paid according to price variations of building materials to help them cope with escalating cost of such supplies.

The Finance Ministry will issue a circular on this plan which will cover pricr Variations in steel and cement said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib  Tun Razak.

However, Najib said the Government would not provide guarantees that the contractors would be given full aid, saying that it was not appropriate to renegotiate prices of contracts that had already been signed.

KUALA LUMPUR - Kerajaan bersetuju mengkaji semula kontraktor-kontraktor pembangunan yang telah ditandatangani sebagai satu iniseatif untuk membantu kontraktor yang menghadapi beban kenaikan harga bahan binaan, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak semalam.

"Kerajaan telah menetapkan bahawa kontrak-kontrak tertentu yang telah ditandatangani dengan syarikat pembinaan akan diberi variasi harga berdasarkan kepada kenaikan harga bahan binaan terutama sekali harga keluli dan simen.

SERDANG - penduduk serdang bakal menikmati kemudahan asas ababila kerajaan memperuntukan kira-kira RM8 juta untuk menaikkan taraf Jalan Raya 1 di sini.

Bekas Ahlin Parlimen Serdang, Datuk Yap Pian Hon berkata, kerja menaik taraf berkenaan dimulakan berhampiran bulatan selepas balai bomba sejak bulan lalu.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, kerja menambah satu lagi lorong di laluan hadapan balai polis trafik terpaksa ditangguhkan sehingga sebuah balai yang berada di atas rizab jalan berkenaan dipindahkan.

DESPITE its convenience, the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) is also congested at certain interchanges.

As one of the main highways in Petaling Jaya, it is used by motorists to get to nearby townships like Puchong and Kepong.

Along the stretch of LDP are a number of interchanges and the busiest interchange is the one joining the Federal Highway.