KUALA LUMPUR 5 Sep. - Operasi pertama pengalihan air menggunaka Terowong Jalan dan Pengurusan Air Banjir (SMART) pada Isnin lalu berjaya mengelak beberapa kawasan sekitar ibu negara daripada dilanda banjir.

Pengarah Projek Tebatan Banjir Kuala Lumpur, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS), K. J. Abraham berkata, air di Sungai Klang dan Ampang yang naik mendadak ekoran hujan lebat selama enam jam pada hari tersebut berjaya dialihkan ke Kolam Takungan Kampung Berembang.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Storm-water Management and Road Tunnel (Smart) justified its RM2 billion waters form the city on Monday.

The tunnel diverted more than 550,000 cubic metres of rain water which would have flooded parts of the city.

The success proved a double celebration for Smart as it was also the tunnel's first flood diversion exercise since its completion in late June.

"Monday's incident proved that Smart was capable of battling flash floods," said Kuala Lumpur flood mitigation project director John Abraham.

KUALA LUMPUR: The speed limit on federal and state roads will be reduced by 10kph to 20kph for three weeks during the Hari Raya festive period. 

Anyone going beyond 80kph will be booked. The present speed limit on state and federal roads is 90kph.

The decision was made by a committee headed by the Works Ministry tasked with finding ways to reduce accidents on the roads during Hari Raya.

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the committee?s goal was an accident-free Hari Raya this year.

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction industry, crippled by the recent shortage of cement in the market, has been assured that supply will return to normal within a month. 

The assurance came from cement manufacturers during a closed-door meeting chaired by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal with manufacturers, contractors, developers and building materials suppliers recently.

Also present were officials from the International Trade and Industry Ministry and the Finance Ministry.

DAMANSARA Utama residents do not want the Damansara ? Puchong Highway (LDP) to be expanded into their residential area along Jalan SS21/44, which is adjacent to the highway.

Linkaran Trans Kota Holdings Bhd (Litrak) had announced that it would spend RM84mil to upgrade the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Interchange at Km6.8 (The Star. Aug 29)

SEMENYIH 13 Sept. - Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) sepatutnya mengutamakan pelebaran Jalan Kajang-Semenyih sebelum melakukan kerja menaik taraf beberapa jalan lain di kawasan berhampiran.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Semenyih, Datuk Ahamad Kuris Mohd. Nor berkata, masalah kesesakan di bandar itu tidak akan selesai selagi jalan utama di situ tidak dilebarkan.

"Punca masalah kesesakan ialah kerana jalannya mengembang dan menguncup. Sepatutnya JKR utamakan kerja-kerja di sini dan bukannya di tempat lain seperti Jalan Semenyih-Broga," katanya ketika dihubungi hari ini.