KUALA LUMPUR 16 Jan. - Pengguna Lebuh Raya KL-Putrajaya kini perlu membayar tol di antara RM1.50 dan RM7.50 berkuat kuasa tengah malam ini.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu dalam satu kenyataan berkata, kadar tol tersebut telah dipersetujui oleh Jemaah Menteri yang bermesyuarat hari ini.

Lebuh raya sepanjang 26 kilometer yang mula dibina pada 2004 itu dibuka secara percuma untuk laluan kenderaan sejak 13 Disember lalu.

Secara keseluruhannya lebuh raya itu mempunyai lima persimpangan bertingkat dan dua plaza tol.

GEORGE TOWN: With the lifting of a stop-work order yesterday, the sea dredging for the second Penang Bridge can resume. 

State Tourism Development and Environment Committee chairman Teng Chang Yeow said UEM Builders Bhd and its contractors had complied with the Department of Environment's requirements.

The DOE had issued the order in December because they had failed to install a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system on their barges so their movements could be tracked via satellite.

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction of the much-awaited South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) from Pulau Indah to Nilai will start in a few weeks. 

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said an agreement with the bankers and the contractors was scheduled in two weeks.

"The finer details of the loan from the bank and the amount the company has to fork out will be discussed and an agreement will be signed in two weeks," he said.

In July last year, it was announced that a RM1.1 billion contract had been awarded to build the SKVE.

KUALA LUMPUR: Plus Expressways Berhad (Plus) menjangkakan empat juta kenderaan akan menggunakan Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan sepanjang perayaan Tahun Baru Cina ini dengan hari puncak bermula hari ini, esok diikuti 10 Februari. 

Mulai hari ini, dijangka lebih 1.3 juta kenderaan menggunakan lebuh raya itu setiap hari berbanding 1.2 juta kenderaan ketika Aidilfitri lalu, manakala bagi perjalanan pulang selepas perayaan iaitu 10 dan 11 Februari pula dijangkakan kesesakan akan berlaku secara berperingkat. 

ALOR STAR 28 Jan- Jabatan keselamatan Trafik PLUS Expressway Berhad (PLUS) merekodkan 1,278 kemalangan melibatkan kenderaan berat di Lebuh raya Utara Selatan tahun lalu.

Pengurus Besar Operasi PLUS, Mohammad Fuad Khusairi memberitahu, walaupun jumlahnya kecil berbanding kemalangan yang berlaku di jalan biasa, ia tetap membimbangkan.

"Ini kerana kemalangan melibatkan kenderaan berat biasanya boleh menyebabkan kehilangan banyak nyawa seperti kejadian di Bukit Gantang dan Jelapang pada tahun lalu,"kata beliau.

KUALA LUMPUR:Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Pembangunan), Kementerian Kerja Raya, Datuk Dr Abdul Munit Kasmin dilantik Ketua Setiausaha kementerian itu mulai Ahad ini,Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan mengumumunkan dalam satu kenyataan, semalam.

Beliau menggantikan Datuk Syed Jamal Syed Jaafar yang bersara wajib pada tarikh berkenaan.

KUALA LUMPUR-Deputy Secretary-General (Development) of Work Ministry Datuk Dr Abdul Munit Kasmin has been appointed secretary-general of the ministry effective jan 27.

Abdul Munit takes over from Datuk Syed Jamal Syed Jaafar who goes on mandotary retirement on that date, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Seri Mohd Sidek Hassan announced in a statement here yesterday.

PULAU PINANG: Kerja-kerja pembinaan jambatan kedua yang bernilai RM 3 bilion tidak ditangguhkan, sebaliknya ia hanya terlewat beberapa  bulan sahaja.

Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon berkata, jambatan kedua yang menghubungkan Batu Kawan dan Batu Maung di sini, tetap berjalan seperti biasa Cuma perkembanganya agak perlahan berikutan timbul beberpa masalah yang melibatkan kira-kira 1,500 nelayan ,perternak ikan dan kerang.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui pemberita selepas merasmikan medan selera New World Park di sini hari ini.

PENANG: Construction work on the second Penang bridge has not stopped, but only slightly delayed. 

Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said the delay was to settle problems faced by fishermen in the area. 

"We have to take certain measures to minimise the impact the construction will have on the aquaculture industry,? he told reporters after opening the New World Park at Swatow Lane on Friday.  

The chief minister was clarifying a report which stated that work on the second bridge was recently halted. 

PENANG: Construction work on the second Penang bridge has not stopped, but only slightly delayed. 

Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said the delay was to settle problems faced by fishermen in the area. 

?We have to take certain measures to minimise the impact the construction will have on the aquaculture industry,? he told reporters after opening the New World Park at Swatow Lane on Friday.  

The chief minister was clarifying a report which stated that work on the second bridge was recently halted.