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Jajaran Seksyen 9, 10 WCE dibuka hari ini

Nurul Akma Aida Suhaimi
23 September 2019 5:55 PM

LUMUT 23 Sept.- Jajaran Seksyen 9 dan 10 Lebuhraya Persisiran Pantai Barat (WCE) dari persimpangan Kampung Lekir ke persimpangan Beruas sepanjang 45 Kilometer dibuka secara rasmi hari ini.

Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Kerja Raya, Datuk Dr. Syed Omar Sharifuddin Syed Ikhsan berkata, pembukaan jajaran yang melibatkan anggaran kos RM917 Juta ini akan menjadi laluan pintas kepada penduduk sekitar Teluk Intan, Kampung Lekir, Sitiawan, Beruas dan Seri Iskandar.


Katanya, penggunaan jajaran itu akan menjimatkan masa perjalanan selama 30 minit dari Kampung Lekir ke Beruas dan sebaliknya.



"Terdapat lima persimpangan keluar masuk yang terlibat dalam jajaran ini iaitu Persimpangan Kampung Lekir, Persimpangan Sitiawan, Persimpangan Sitiawan Utara, Persimpangan Changkat Chermin dan Persimpangan Beruas.

"Selain itu, lebuh raya ini juga dilengkapi kemudahan awam seperti surau dan tandas yang disediakan di setiap plaza tol," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian dalam ucapannya dalam Majlis Perasmian Pembukaan Jajaran Seksyen 9 dan 10 Lebuhraya Persisiran Pantai Barat (WCE) dari persimpangan Kampung Lekir ke persimpangan Beruas di sini hari ini.

Yang turut hadir, Pengerusi West Coast Expressway Holdings Berhad, Datuk Ir. Hamzah Hassan; Ketua Pengarah Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM), Datuk Aziz Abdullah dan Pengarah Urusan WCE Holdings Berhad, Datuk Neoh Soon Hiong.

Menurut Syed Omar Sharifuddin, pengguna tidak akan dikenakan bayaran tol sehingga pihak Kerajaan membuat keputusan berkenaan pengenaan tol serta kadar tol bagi lebuh raya ini.

Katanya, apabila siap sepenuhnya nanti, lebuh raya ini akan menjadi pemangkin ekonomi, perindustrian, perdagangan, peningkatan nilai hartanah dan membantu meningkatkan potensi pembangunan sepadu di kawasan pesisiran pantai barat negeri Selangor dan Perak. - UTUSAN ONLINE

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WCE not open for use yet'
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 @ 8:30AM
BY ZAHRATULHAYAT MAT ARIF

The wreckage of the car that was involved in a crash at Section 10 of the West Coast Expressway in Manjung yesterday.
SERI MANJUNG: West Coast Expressway (WCE) Sdn Bhd has warned road users not to trespass onto the new stretches of the expressway, which have yet to be officially opened to motorists.

Its managing director, Datuk Neoh Soon Hiong, said should any untoward incident occur, it would be a problem for the victim’s family to claim insurance.

“Section 9 and Section 10 (of the WCE), which stretch from Lekir to Changkat Chermin and Changkat Chermin to Beruas, respectively, have yet to be opened to motorists.

“Should any incident happen in those areas the victim’s family members will face difficulty claiming for insurance since both sections have yet to be gazetted,” he told the New Straits Times.

Neoh said this when commenting on two people who were burnt to death and a third who was seriously injured when the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident along Section 10 of the WCE on Thursday.

This is the first fatal accident along that stretch of WCE.

Manjung police chief Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Hanif Othman said R. Arigaran, 28, and S. Mahendran, 26, were killed in the 11pm incident.

“Another man in his 30s sustained severe injuries and is being treated at Manjung Pantai Hospital.

“Investigations revealed that the incident occurred about 11pm along Section 10, which is under construction.

“There were three people in the car. They were travelling from Batu 19 Ayer Tawar Toll Plaza to Beruas when the driver lost control of the vehicle which then rammed into the tyre roller, tandem roller and pavement milling machine, which were parked on the road shoulder.

“The car then burst into flames. The dead were taken to Seri Manjung Hospital for post-mortem.”

He said investigations had led police to believe that the car was being driven at speed, adding that there was no evidence that the occupants were involved in a race with any other vehicle.