SHAH ALAM: The Cheras-Kajang Expressway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd, Bandar Mahkota Cheras (BMC) developer Narajaya Sdn Bhd and the Malaysian Highway Authority have a week to resolve the ongoing tussle over the access route to the township.

Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has given the three parties a week to come up with a solution.

The ultimatum was issued after the state government, Grand Saga, Narajaya and the Highway Authority met for more than an hour at Khalid's office here on Tuesday.

SHAH ALAM 13 Mei - Pertemuan antara kerajaan negeri dengan pemegang konsesi Lebuh Raya Cheras-Kajang, Grand Saga Sdn. Bhd., Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) dan pemaju Bandar Mahkota Cheras, Narajaya Sdn. Bhd. hari ini, gagal mencapai kata sepakat mengenai tindakan penduduk memecahkan tembok penghadang memasuki lebuh raya itu.

Ekoran itu, Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim memberikan tempoh seminggu kepada semua pihak terlibat untuk mencari penyelesaian masalah itu dengan cara aman.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR 12 Mei - Mahkamah Tinggi di sini menolak permohonan penduduk Bandar Mahkota Cheras bagi mendapatkan perintah injunksi menghalang pemegang konsesi Lebuh Raya CherasKajang, Grand Saga Sdn. Bhd. (Grand Saga) membina semula tembok penghadang di persimpangan jalan Bandar Mahkota Cheras.

Hakim Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rafee menolak permohonan ex-parte (sebelah pihak) itu tanpa kos selepas selesai mendengar hujah kedua-dua pihak di kamar beliau hari ini.

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 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.

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.

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 - Projek pembinaan yang dirancang sebelum Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) tetap akan diteruskan, kata menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamad.

Menurutnya, kerajaan juga sedang memproses atau membuat penilaian semula semua projek penilaian semula semua Projek terkini dalam RMK-9 bagi memastikan semuanya berjalan lancer.

KUALA LUMPUR-The Works Ministry will review highway concessions which may result in lower toll rates.

Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said he would call for a detailed study to be carried out before reviewing the concession agreements.

Some of the important factors to be considered, he said

"We will compare the toll collections, and maintenance and operational costs, as well as 'heavy' maintenance costs," he told reported at the Parliament lobby yesterday.