IPOH: Malaysians can expect a 10% increase in toll rates, with eight concessionaires raising their charges form Jan 1 next year, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
However, he said the ministry was working on several proposals to spread part of the cost the concessionaire and the Government.
"Rather than burden the people, we want to divide the load so the companies carry a bit and the people a bit.
WORK Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu said there will be a spillover effect when the RM 489.5 million Trans-Eastern Kedah Interland Trans-Eastern Highway is completed in two years.State ?owned Bina Darulaman Bhd (BDB) is the main contractor for the 116 km toll-free highway job, which will connect Durian Burung to Baling.
"When the highways is completed, we expect new infrastructure, housing and industrial development in the are," Samy Vellu toll Business Times at the launch of Stevens TPO roofing membrane system in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday.
PARIT 1 Okt. - Kementerian Kerja Raya mungkin mengharamkan motosikal berkuasa tinggi daripada menggunakan Lebuh Raya Utara Selatan jika pemiliknya terus mengabaikan aspek keselamatan dan undang-undang jalan raya.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, penunggang motosikal berkuasa tinggi sering menjadikan lebuh raya itu sebagai medan berlumba sehingga membahayakan orang lain.
Malah, beliau sendiri pernah mengalami saat-saat yang menakutkan apabila terserempak dengan golongan itu yang menunggang dengan terlalu laju.
KUALA LUMPUR- Kementerian Kerjaraya mencadangkan lapan syarikat konsesi dan kerajaan masing-masing menyerap sebahagian kenaikan 10 peratus kadar tol yang sepatutnya dilaksanakan Januari depan,supaya tidak membebankan pengguna, kata Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu.
Beliau berkata, kementerian berharap kerajaan dan syarikat konsesi bertolak ansur dan berkongsi sama rata peningkatan terbabit walaupun perjanjian konsesi membenarkan kenaikan 10 peratus.
PARIT - Setelah melihat sendiri empat penunggang motosikal berkuasa besar berlumba di Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan kelmarin, Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri Samy Vellu berkata, kerajaan mungkin mengharamkan motosikal daripa menggunakan lebuh raya jika mereka ini mengaancam nyawa pengguna lain.
Beliau berkata, langkah drastik itu terpaksa diambil jika penunggang morosikal terus mengabaikan undang-undang dengan berlumba di lebuh raya.
KUALA LUMPUR- Kementerian Kerjaraya akan menyempurnakan semua projek dalam Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) serta yakin membelanjakan 99.9 peratus daripada peruntukan RM 20 bilion yang disediakan untuk kementerian ini.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata semua projek yang dikawal selia Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) berjalan lancar dan dapat disiapkan mengikut jadual seperti diarahkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
PADANG BESAR: Lebih 7,000 masyarakat Chuping, di sini, terutama mereka yang tinggal di sekitar ladang tebu di kawasan berkenaan bakal berdepan masalah banjir berikutan pembinaan jalan raya utama tanpa disediakan sistem perparitan yang sempurna.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is formulating a new scheme for future toll concessions, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.
He said the scheme would provide equal benefits to consumers, concession companies, financiers and the Government.
"The new scheme, which is being worked out, will further enhance the country's privatisation policy," he said in Paris yesterday, where he was leading a 16-member delegation to the five-day World Road Congress.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Eastern Corridor Economic Region (ECER) will cost RM112bil of which 40% will be spent to build roads to spur development, said Petronas president Tan Sri Hassan Merican.
"Enhancement of transportation connectivity and economic linkages with the Western Corridor, the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) and the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) are key factors needed for the ECER to succeed," he said.
SEREMBAN: The Government might slap a penalty against the main contractor whose negligence caused damage at the newly completed RTM RM38mil-complex near here.
A leak at the air-condition vent caused flooding at the ground floor of the building. The complex was opened on Aug 1.
Information Ministry secretary-general Datuk Kamarudin Siaraf said the contractor's lackadaisical attitude towards maintenance had affected the ministry's image.
