GUA MUSANG: Jalan Gua Musang-Kuala Krai yang terputus sejak seminggu lalu, akibat jalan mendap di Kilometer 55 dan 65, dijangka dapat dilalui semua kenderaan mulai esok selepas siapnya jalan lencongan di lokasi terbabit. 

Pembinaan lencongan itu dijalankan dua syarikat sementara menunggu pembinaan laluan lebih baik yang akan dibuat secara berperingkat selepas ini. 

Jurutera Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) Daerah, Mohd Suhaili Ismail, berkata pembinaan lencongan itu diberi tumpuan bagi mengatasi kesesakan teruk semua laluan keluar masuk negeri ini. 

GUA MUSANG: Ratusan pengguna jalan raya yang terkandas dan terpaksa bermalam di tempat kejadian tanah mendap di Kilometer 65, Jalan Gua Musang-Kuala Krai, sejak petang kelmarin, mengakui tersilap menerima laporan kononnya jalan berkenaan boleh dilalui.

Bagaimanapun, sebaik tiba ke kawasan berkenaan, jalan itu ditutup kerana hubungan terputus dan kerja pembinaan jalan lencongan sedang dijalankan.

KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) peringkat negeri diarah bertindak secara bersepadu dalam menangani masalah kerosakan infrastruktur, terutama jalan raya akibat hujan lebat dan banjir sejak kebelakangan ini. 

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata arahan terbaru itu dibuat bagi memastikan tugas untuk memperbaiki kerosakan yang dialami tidak hanya menjadi tanggungjawab pegawai negeri terbabit saja. 

JELI: The relationship between Malaysia and Thailand received a major boost yesterday when the second bridge linking both countries was officially opened. 

The RM9.2mil bridge, spanning 120m across Sungai Golok, took 11 months to complete. 

Both countries split the cost equally, with the project given to a Malaysian contractor. 

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who opened the bridge with his Thai counterpart Surayud Chulanont, said he was confident the new link would contribute to the relationship between both countries. 

JELI: Thai Prime Minister Sura-yud Chulanont said the new bridge across Sungai Golok linking Ban Buketa in Narathiwat and Bukit Bunga here symbolises 50 years of friendship between Thailand and Malaysia. 

"We can aptly call it a 'Friendship Bridge' in conjunction with our 50th year of friendship. 

"I believe the bridge will further strengthen our friendship and enhance co-operation.

KUALA LUMPUR: A second bridge linking Kelantan and Narathiwat province in Thailand will be officially opened on Friday. 

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Thai counterpart General Surayud Chulanont will open the RM9.2mil bridge which will link Bukit Bunga in Jeli district and Ban Buke Ta in Waeng district in Narathiwat. 

The only other bridge across Sungai Golok between Kelantan and Narathiwat is between Rantau Panjang and Sungai Golok.  

MENTERI Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu mengarahkan Lembaga Lebuh raya Malaysia (LLM) dan Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd (PBSB) menyediakan helikopter bagi mengangkat kenderaan yang terlibat dalam kemalangan di atas Jambatan Pulau Pinang bagi mengelak kesesakan lalu lintas.

Beliau berkata, perkhidmatan helikopter perlu bagi mempercepatkan penyuraian lalu lintas yang terkandas berikutan kemalangan.

JELI 21 Dis. - Hubungan Malaysia-Thailand hari ini memasuki fasa baru selepas 50 tahun menjalinkan persahabatan apabila jambatan kedua yang menghubungkan Kelantan dan Narathiwat dibuka dengan rasminya oleh Perdana Menteri kedua-dua negara. 

Jambatan yang merentasi Sungai Golok itu dijangka menggalakkan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan mengeratkan lagi hubungan dua hala antara Malaysia-Thailand. 

PENANG: Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has asked the Malaysian Highway Authority and Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd to provide special helicopter services to airlift vehicles involved in accidents on the Penang Bridge. 

He said this would help ease traffic jams that happen even during minor accidents. 

"They can use a helicopter to airlift the vehicles and allow other vehicles on the bridge to continue with the journey," he told reporters after meeting Penang MIC division and branch leaders here yesterday. 

PASIR MAS: The people do not want any more promises of development but instead want to see such promises become a reality, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. 

Abdullah said there were many projects planned for development in Kelantan and it was time for the plans to become something concrete. 

"I know people want to see it, otherwise they will say Pak Lah is making up stories. 

"That is why I am saying that I want things to happen quick, quick, quick," he said when speaking to flood victims at SK Gelang Mas here yesterday.