BANGI: Stop building highways in the Klang Valley, increase tolls in the area but reduce them elsewhere and focus on improving the public transportation system.

According to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia public transport consultant Prof Dr Abd Rahim Md Nor, These are some of the ways to make people use public transport and reduce congestion on roads.

He said the government should also discourage people in the Klang Valley from driving by focusing on rail, monorail and a commuter services.

KUALA LUMPUR: The concessionaire of the Cheras-Kajang Expressway, Grand Saga Sdn Bhd yesterday withdrew its application for an injunction to stop the Action Committee on the Bandar Mahkota Cheras Access blocking a toll-free access to the highway.

Lawyer Tharminder Singh, who represented Grand Saga, who represented Grand Saga, told the High Court that his client was withdrawing the application since the matter had become "academic" by virtue of an order by the government for the barrier to be demolished and the access road to be opened.

KUALA LUMPUR 1 Julai - Kementerian Kerja Raya hari ini melancarkan kod etika bagi meningkatkan imej kontraktor serta menjadi panduan mereka dalam melaksanakan sebarang projek pembinaan.

Menterinya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, ia dilancarkan bagi mengelakkan berlakunya kes melibatkan kontraktor tidak beretika sehingga menyebabkan projek terbengkalai.

''Kita lancarkan kod ini untuk menjamin semua kontraktor mengikut panduan dan tidak berlaku kelewatan dalam setiap projek pembinaan yang diberi," katanya.

KUALA LUMPUR 19 Jun - Kerajaan mengulangi pendiriannya akan tetap meneruskan pembinaan Jambatan Pulau Pinang Kedua yang berharga RM4.3 bilion dan menyatakan UEM Builders Bhd. Akan kekal sebagai kontraktor utama projek itu.

Menteri Kewangan Kedua, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop berkata, kerajaan juga tidak akan membatalkan pelaksanaan Wilayah Ekonomi Koridor Utara (NCER).

KUALA LUMPUR: Highway Concessionaire PLUS Expressways Bhd is prepared to discuss with the government the plan to review concession agreements, managing director Noorizah Abd Hamid said yesterday.

She said PLUS had been providing all the information that the government requested.

"But we have not engaged with the government in any official discussion on this matter yet. We don't know what the review will be," she told reporters after a meeting with the company?s shareholders here.

KUALA LUMPUR - Penunggang motosikal pelbagai kelas kini dibenarkan menggunakan Lebuh Raya Bertingkat Ampang-Kuala Lumpur (AKLEH) berkuat kuasa semalam, kata Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir Mohd Zin Mohamed.

Beliau berkata, ini adalah lebuh raya kedua yang dibuka kepada motosikal pada bulan ini.

Pada 5 Jun lepas, penunggang motosikal pelbagai kelas telah dibenarkan menggunakan Lebuh Raya Kuala Lumpur ? Putrajaya atau yang kinidikenali sebagai Maju Expressway, katanya pada satu kenyataan akhbar semalam.

KUALA LUMPUR 20 Jun - Orang ramai menyambut baik langkah kerajaan membuka Lebuh Raya Bertingkat Ampang-Kuala Lumpur (AKLEH) kepada penunggang motosikal pelbagai kelas berkuat kuasa hari ini.

Menurut mereka, langkah kerajaan itu amat membantu penunggang motosikal meringankan beban dan kesusahan yang dihadapi terutamanya selepas kenaikan harga minyak baru-baru ini.

Seorang pekerja swasta, Omar Endot, 51, berkata, pembukaan lebuh raya itu dapat menjimatkan masa untuk bergerak dari Setiawangsa ke Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR - Pemegang konsesi lebuh raya, PLUS Expressways Bhd bersedia untuk mengadakan perbincangan dengan kerajaan berhubung rancangan untuk mengkaji semula perjanjian konsesi, kata Pengarah Urusannya, Noorizah Abd Hamid semalam. Beliau berkata, PLUS telah menyediakan semua maklumat yang diminta kerajaan.

Beliau berkata, PLUS telah menyediakan semua maklumat yang di minta kerajaan.

TRAVELLING in the Klang Valley can be a breeze, tolls notwithstanding, thanks to a network of highways. However, some of these highways stick out like a sore thumb as they have not been completed according to schedule.

There are many factors that cause these projects to slow down or even halt halfway through construction and the main problem is usually financial.

Other factors include land acquisition and disputes with landowners pertaining to compensation.

KUALA LUMPUR: Motorcycles are now allowed on the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (Akleh).

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said this was the second highway opened to motorcyclists this month, after the Maju Expressway, previously known as Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Highway, on June 5.

He said the decision was made after much consideration on the recent fuel hike that has caused the people, especially the low-income group, to opt for motorcycles as their means of transport.