KUALA LUMPUR - Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Sivil di sini, menolak permohonan untuk menghalang konsesi lebuh raya Grand Saga Sdn. Bhd. daripada membina semula tembok pengadang yang menghubungkan Bandar Mahkota Cheras dengan Lebuh raya Cheras-Kajang, semalam.

 Bagaimanapun, prosiding permohonan yang dilakukan di hadapan Hakim Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee itu dilakukan dalam kamar mahkamah.

SINCE the completion of the North South Expressway in 1994, this is the first time we have been told that there is a toll review mechanism clause in the concession agreements which prevents concessionaires from raising toll rates as they please, and that if the traffic volume hits a certain level, the toll increase can be averted.

Three cheers to Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed, Finally we have a minister who has studied the concession a agreement and told us, the toll payers, this provision in the agreement.

KAJANG: The Cheras-Kajang Expressway operator has no right to barricade the road into Bandar Mahkota Cheras because a survey has found that it is located on state land.

Selangor executive councilor Ronnie Lui said a Survey and Mapping Department report had shown that the land on which Grand Saga Sdn Bhd had earlier erected a barrier to stop residents from using a toll-free road residents from using a toll-free road was state land.

The report and a map have been forwarded to state legal officer Datuk Zauyah Lothy Khan.

SHAH ALAM - Kira-kira 200,000 pengguna jalan raya setiap hari di Klang perlu mengubah beberapa laluan di kawasan Bandar Diraja itu mulai 21 Mei ini ekoran beberapa jalan akan ditutup serta diubah menjadi laluan sehala.

Perubahan itu disebabkan kerja-kerja menanam cerucuk untuk projek naik taraf jalan FT 5 dari Kapar ke Klang Fasa 3 yang melalui Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim, Bandar Klang yang dijangka dimulakan pada 15 Mei ini.

RESIDEBTS of Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya are crying foul over the need to pay RM1.60 for toll whenever they pass the PJS2 toll plaza at the New Pantai Expressway (NPE).

They say they have no choice but to pass through the help of Taman Medan assemblyman Haniza Mohamed Talha about reducing the toll charges which they said were too high.

"The residents argue that the toll fare was not justifiable as the road was merely upgraded and not newly created, and the distance is too short," said Haniza.

SHAH ALAM 9 Mei - Kerajaan negeri Selangor meminta penduduk Bandar Mahkota Cheras supaya bersabar dan tidak mengambil tindakan sendiri dalam isu pembukaan persimpangan kawasan perumahan itu dengan Lebuh raya Cheras-Kajang.

Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata, ini kerana langkah itu dikhuatiri akan merumitkan lagi masalah yang sedia wujud dan menyukarkan proses penyelesaian.

KUALA LUMPUR  8 Mei-Kerja kerja membaik pulih kesemua 30 saluran air di bumbung bangunan Parlimen yang menyebabkan air mencurah-curah keluar daripada saluran pendingin hawa di laluan tepi Dewan Rakyat berhadapan dengan bilik Yang Dipertua semalam akan disiapkan dalam tempoh tujuh minggu.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd Zin Mohamad berkata, kerja-kerja membaik pulih hanya boleh dilakukan pada Jumaat, Sabtu dan Ahad iaitu ketika Parlimen tidak bersidang.

KUALA LUMPUR - Laluan motosikal di Lebuh Raya Persekutuan akan kembali terang tidak lama lagi apabila Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) mengambil inisiatif membaik pulih lampu di laluan  tersebut dengan segera.

Pembantu Teknik Elektrik JKR cawangan Shah Alam, Muhd. Asyikun Ilahi Ismail bagaimanpun berkata, proses baik pulih berkenaan akan mengambil sedikit masa kerana ia melibatkan Tenaga Nasional Malaysia (TNB) dan juga pihak berkuasa tempatan.

KAJANG 7 Mei - Kira-kira 500 orang bertindak agresif melontar batu kearah kakitangan konsesi Lebuh Raya Cheras-kajang. Grand Saga Sdn. Bhd. Yang sedalng menjalankan kerja-kerja menutup jalan pintas di persimpangan Bandar Tun Hussein Onn di sini petang ini.

Ketua polis Daerah Kajang. Asisten Komisioner Sakarudin Che Mood berkata, dalam kejadian bermula kira-kira pukul 2 petang itu, orang ramai yang dipercayai penduduk setempat bertindak demikian untuk menghalang kakitangan berkenaan membina semula tembok penghadang yang dipercahkan secara haram sebelum ini 

REPAIRS will begin immediately on the rainwater downpipe which overflowed and caused water to seep into the air-conditioning duct in Parliament after a heavy downpour on Wednesday.

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said they would replace the affected downpipe with a temporary one pending a complete refurbishment of some 30 water pipes.

"Work will begin today and take seven weeks for completion as the workers can only work on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when Parliament does not convene," he told reporters.