Kontraktor utama sudah siapkan kajian struktur tanah tapak projek di Pulau Pinang 

CHINA Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC), kontraktor utama untuk projek Jambatan Kedua Pulau Pinang, sudah bersedia untuk memulakan kerja ujian cerucuk untuk jambatan yang menjadi ikon itu pada 5 November ini. 

SUNGAI SIPUT: The proposal to ban heavy vehicles from the Penang Bridge has been shot down by Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu. 

Samy Vellu said the lorries were transporting important goods and were not on a joyride.

He was commenting on the proposal by the Penang government to ban lorries and buses from using the bridge during peak hours from 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm.

Penang Public Works Utilities and Transportation Committee chairman Datuk Koay Kar Huah had said this would solve the traffic snarl on the bridge.

KUALA LUMPUR- Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan lalu Lintas (Smart) akan ditutup kepada semua kenderaan sekiranya tadahan air di Kolam Takungan Berembang Ampang meningkat melepasi paras 70 meter padu.

Pengarah Projek Tebatan Banjir, KJ John Abraham, berkata kemungkinan itu boleh berlaku dalam masa  terdekat ini jika hujan  berterusan sekali gus menaikkan kapasiti air di kolam takungan berkenaan.

PADANG JAWA - Bagaikan melepas batuk di tangga, begitulah kerja-kerja menurap lubang-lubang yang dilakukan secara tidak sempurna di sini.

Menurut penduduk, kerja-kerja menutup lubang di jalan itu pernah dilakukan tetapi berlubang semula tidak lama kemudian.

Akibatnya, pengguna terpaksa menghadapi masalah yang sama semula setiap hari apabila terpaksa mengharung jalan yang berlubang-lubang.

Salah seorang penguna, Abdullah Ismail 45, memberitahu, ada pihak yang datang membaik pulih jalan berkenaan, namun hasil kerja tidak memuaskan.

KUALA SELANGOR - Pembinaan pembahagian jalan di sepanjang jalan Klang-Teluk Intan adalah langkah terbaik dalam megurangkan kadar kemalangan kerana ia dapat menghalang penguna jalan berkenaan daripada terus menjadi laluan pembahagi sedia ada sebahagai lorong memotong.

Salah seorang pemandu, Mohd Ruzi Abu Hasan berkata, pembahagian jalan ketika ini yang hanya dipisahkan oleh garisan putih sering disalahgunakan oleh pemandu untuk dijadikan lorong memotong bagi pemandu yang kurang sabar.

Kuala Lumpur: Some 30 families in Taman Pelangi, Sentul, suffered their worst flood during Hari Raya Aidilfitri last weekend.

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who visited the area yesterday, said the culverts were not wide enough for quick drain-off of rain water, resulting in the metre-high flood on Saturday.

Samy Vellu said he had instructed the contractor working on the Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (Duke) to expand the culverts to at least twice their current width - from 0.7m to 3.1m - in a week to improve drainage.

Kementerian Kerja Raya mengarahkan kontraktor yang terlibat dalam pembinaan projek lebuh raya Duta-Ulu Kelang (Duke) supaya mempercepatkan pembesaran kelubung untuk menggelakkan banjir berlaku.

Menterinya Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, konsesi Konsortium Lebuh raya Utara-Timur Kuala Lumpur Sdn Bhd (Kesturi) yang menerajui projek tersebut diberi masa tujuh hari untuk menyelesaikan masalah tersebut, berikutan banjir di kawasan perumahan Taman Pelangi di Sentul semasa Aidilfitri Sabtu lepas.

HEAVY rains caused part of a retaining wall in Taman Seri Minang, Balakong, to collapse on Tuesday. The backyards of six double-storey houses were affected as a result. 

The incident occurred at around 3pm and brought down the fencing while exposing several underground pipes. 

Resident Loh Chun Liang said prior to the incident, several cracks had appeared on the portion of the wall located near the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) sub-station opposite the first house. 

KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has approved a RM650,000 allocation to build a new school for pupils of a flood-prone Tamil school in Puchong.

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the building plans for the new two-storey school had already been drawn up by the Public Works Department and would have 12 classrooms.

He was speaking after launching Astro's Attam 100 Vagai 3 dance competition at a hotel here.

THE downpour on Tuesday evening resulted in floods at several areas in the Klang Valley. The Smart Tunnel was temporarily closed to be on standby.  

Kampung Paka in the Sungei Besi area was perhaps the worst hit, with floodwaters reaching 1.22m. It was the third time flash flood hit the area within four days. The first two incidents, which were less serious, occurred last Saturday and Sunday.