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Cabinet to get proposed toll rate for SMART motorway

By Hamisah Hamid
[email protected]




January 30 2007


THE Works Ministry will submit the proposed toll rate for the motorway tunnel of the Kuala Lumpur Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) to the Cabinet in two weeks' time.

Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the Cabinet paper will list out, among others, the construction cost of the tunnel, the borrowings involved, payments to contractors, maintenance cost and the company's financial situation.


"We will put in the suggested rate (in the Cabinet paper)," he told a news conference after visiting the SMART motorway in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.


The RM1.93 billion project is built by Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd (SMART) - a 50:50 joint venture between MMC Corp Bhd (MMC) and Gamuda Bhd.


From the total, RM1.3 billion is borne by the Government for construction of the stormwater tunnel for flood mitigation. The remaining RM633 million is borne by SMART, who is also the toll concessionaire for the motorway.


Samy Vellu said the project is now 94 per cent completed.


The 6km double-deck motorway will be open for traffic by end of March this year, while the stormwater tunnel is expected to be ready by June.


According to the minister, there will be one-month free ride on the motorway starting March 30.


On whether the toll for SMART motorway will be the most expensive in Malaysia, he said it is a matter of taking into consideration the amount of money spent, the payback period and its importance as a travel route.


"But it is not a North-South Expressway rate. This is a special rate," he added.


Meanwhile, Gamuda executive director Datuk Azmi Mat Nor said the toll concession of the SMART motorway is expected to contribute positively to the company's financial performance in the long term.


"Like other highways, the traffic is expected to be slow for the first few years, then it will build up. It depends on traffic. It will take time," he said.


Azmi said while looking out for more projects abroad, the company is also studying opportunities for tunnel construction in other parts of Malaysia.


The SMART motorway, which is only accessible to cars due to the 2m high tunnel, is expected to reduce the travelling time between Sg Besi and the city centre from 30 minutes to five minutes.


It offers a direct, alternative access to the city centre for some 200,000 vehicles that currently travel daily from Sg Besi to the city centre.


The upper deck of the motorway tunnel is for for south-bound traffic, while the lower deck is for city-bound traffic.

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simbiosis

ada tak recommendation utk budget hotel di KL?

cupcakes

Originally posted by simbiosis at 12-11-2007 03:34 PM
ada tak recommendation utk budget hotel di KL?

Tune Hotel..kat depan Maju Junction tu..

warna_warna

assalamualaikum smua

minggu ni adik warna kt kg nk mai dok umah warna lepak2 sempena cuti sekolah . Jd nk mintak pndpt semua.. kt mana tpt yg sesuai nk bwk pi ye?
Ingat nk bwk pi naik eye on m'sia tu. Selain tu, kt KL ini ade zoo, menara KL, akuaria KLCC & lain2 kan. Sapa2 yg penah pi tpt2 ni & tau cdgn tpt2 lain tu.. bgtau la kt sini ye. Skali ngan rega tiketnya . Klu putrajaya tu.. dia dh penah pi byk kali..tq yer

muzium negara

Kilokahn

planetarium. tiket rm1.

muzium kesenian islam. taman rama2. taman burung. semua dekat2.

FiRe_Fly

eye on malaysia pegi belah malam....tengok suasana malam
dewasa rm15 kanak2 rm8

pusat sains rm4

warna_warna

Originally posted by keptenmarbel at 5-12-2007 10:56 AM
muzium negara

best gak tu. warna pun x penah pi lg . tq ye

mieza386

sunway lagoon
genting highland

warna_warna

Originally posted by Kilokahn at 5-12-2007 11:02 AM
planetarium. tiket rm1.

muzium kesenian islam. taman rama2. taman burung. semua dekat2.

aha. planetarium. Jap lg nk carik info psl tu.. mksud Kilokahn, planetarium tu dekat ngn tmn rama2/burung gak ye. tq ye

luv_ma

bestgak kan..jenjalan..
kalau ma yg tau shopping

warna_warna

Originally posted by FiRe_Fly at 5-12-2007 11:05 AM
eye on malaysia pegi belah malam....tengok suasana malam
dewasa rm15 kanak2 rm8

pusat sains rm4

tq Fire_fly.. emm pusat sains. murah pun murah tu

rieyna

eye on m'sia tu ok gak.. ngan aquaria klcc... rieyna pon blom pnh smpai lagi..hhu

ayfa

kompleks islam jln conlay

masjid negara

central market

Library KL

Kolam KLCC (utk kanak2 jerk)

makan kat kg. bharu, bangsar, hartamas

naik kuda kat tasek titiwangsa (xtau brape hengget)

main go-kat kat shah alam

tgk la kat cni

http://www.visionkl.com/2007-08/index.asp

joules

masjid wilayah... free. cun time senja2. buleh ler langsung gi solat meghrib

kalau siang2 dan hari kerja makan2 kat medan selera jalan duta tuh memang menarik. cuma sesak sikit, ramai org. nih sebelah majid tu jer...