KUALA LUMPUR 7 Julai - Kementerian Kerja Raya akan mewujudkan terma baru dengan syarikat-syarikat konsesi tol berkaitan perjanjian untuk memansuhkan atau mengurangkan kadar tol di seluruh negara selepas selesai membuat kajian.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamad (gambar) berkata, beliau telah meminta pegawai undang-undang di bawah kementeriannya supaya melihat semula terma-terma sedia ada bagi membuat penilaian sebelum diwujudkan terma perjanjian yang baru.

KUALA LUMPUR: The findings of the special committee set up last month to study the impact of toll rates on consumers and 28 companies given highway concessions will be tabled to the Cabinet in two months, said Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Julai - Lorong di Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Hubungan Tengah (ELITE) akan ditutup secara berperingkat mulai hari ini hingga 21 Julai ini bermula pukul 8 malam hingga 5 pagi.

Plus Expressways Berhad (PLUS) dalam satu kenyataan hari ini berkata, penutupan itu bertujuan untuk membolehkan kerja penyelenggaraan dijalankan.

Jalan arah utara USJ-Shah Alam/Subang di Kilometer(Km) 8 hingga Kilometer 6 akan ditutup hari ini hingga 21 Julai manakala arah utara USJ-Shah Alam/Subang di Kilometer 3.8 hingga Km 2.6 pula pada hari ini hingga 6 Julai.

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Julai - Syarikat konsesi lebuh raya, Plus Expressways Berhad (Plus) membelanjakan RM1.6 bilion termasuk RM595 juta pada tahun ini untuk melaksanakan kerja-kerja menaik taraf dan penyelenggaraan sejak penubuhannya 13 tahun lalu.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, kerja-kerja itu meliputi pelaksanaan dan pemasangan trafik pintar di laluan utama iaitu Lebuh Raya Lembah Klang dan pembesaran lorong di plaza tol untuk melancarkan aliran trafik.

IPOH: Pada tanggal 6 Jun lalu, Kementerian Kerja Raya akhirnya menamatkan operasi Plaza Tol Jelapang arah selatan yang juga dikenali 'plaza tol maut' di kalangan pengguna Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) sejak ia dibuka lebih 10 tahun lalu. 

NIBONG TEBAL: The second Penang bridge will be completed in 2011 as scheduled, and the cost will be RM4.5bil.

UEM Group Berhad managing director and chief executive officer Ahmad Pardas Senin said the commonly quoted figure of RM3.6bil was only for the cost of the construction of the bridge over water.

This did not take into account the RM900mil needed to construct the 7km expressway linking it to the North South Expressway.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan membayar pampasan bernilai RM2.972 bilion kepada empat syarikat pemegang konsesi lebuh raya kerana terpaksa menangguhkan kenaikan kadar tol bagi meringankan beban pengguna. 

Timbalan Menteri Kerjaraya, Datuk Yong Khoon Seng, berkata daripada keseluruhan pembayaran itu, RM2.09 bilion dibayar kepada Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus), Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong (RM630.4 juta), Lebuhraya Shah Alam (RM150 juta) dan Lebuhraya KL-Karak (RM98.35 juta). 

SEBERANG PERAI: The actual cost of the second Penang bridge is now RM4.585 billion, up from RM4.3 billion, and it is set to rise even higher in line with the market prices of raw materials. UEM group Bhd managing director Datuk Ahmad Pardas Senin said the additional RM285 million was caused by preliminary development costs for the 24km-long bridge.

The total cost may continue to fluctuate as UEM's agreement with the government includes a price escalation clause.

UEM Group Bhd. The main contractor of the second Penang Bridge, says the total cost of the project is now RM 4.59 billion, but it can even breach RM5 billion if prices of raw materials rise further.

"The costs of these items can only be determined as and when we procure them," managing director Datuk Ahmad Pardas Senin told reporters during a site visit at Batu Kawan on mainland Penang.

KUALA LUMPUR: Reducing tax on building materials and stamp duty charges for sale and purchase agreements are among ideas being considered by the Housing and Local Government Ministry to help developers counter the rising prices of raw materials.

Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said the Government was working on measures following a memorandum from the developers that costs had increased because of the recent increase in fuel prices.

The ministry would make the necessary suggestions to relevant authorities like the Finance Ministry, he said.