Highway users, particularly those who use the Federal Highway to commute, have urged authorities to expedite the demolition work of the Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau toll plazas. Operations for both toll booths have ceased at the turn of the year, and the remains could prove hazardous to motorists.
According to Bernama, an accident at the Batu Tiga toll plaza that claimed two lives earlier this week proved that there was a basis for their concern.
Motorist Mohd Faiz Anuar, 31, who uses the highway to get to work on a daily basis, told the news agency that the toll plaza could really be hazardous as many motorists tend to suddenly slow down their vehicles upon reaching the toll plaza due to the narrow passage.
“This condition is quite dangerous especially at night and early morning as well as during peak hours. The demolition of the toll plaza can also ensure smooth traffic flow on the highway,” he said. Another user Ahmad Ekhlas Hazlan said the demolition work should be expedited to prevent recurrence of such fatal accident.
Meanwhile on the subject, Malaysian Highway Authority Director-General Datuk Ir Ismail Md Salleh said PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS), as the former operator of the toll plazas, is in the process of appointing a contractor to carry out the demolition work.
“I expect the tendering process (for the appointment of the contractor) to be completed in two months the latest or earlier,” he told Bernama. He also advised highway users to be more careful when travelling through the toll plazas as the lanes were only three-metre wide.
The Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau toll plazas were abolished on January 1, 2018 as announced in Budget 2018. Operations for the tolls in Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah and the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) in Johor have also ceased.
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What does it take so LONG to get it Demolished.
The CRAP about getting tenders, etc are just for MHA ( WHo HAVE FAILED in its duties to ensure Public Safety ) and PLUS to delay expenditure at the EXPENSE of the PUBLIC.
This is my theory.
When our PM announced the toll abolishment, the Toll Operators had no idea it was coming.
Hence to fulfill what said by the PM, they did so but hastily and without enough planning.
So, now we have some fatalities on their hands which they don’t care.
This is the similar case as providing higher internet speeds.
Our PM announced it but TMNet didn’t know about it and till today, so many places don’t have the free upgrade yet.
It’s a Public Relations nightmare.
Then again, this is my theory…
So who is paying for the demolition cost?
The Public or the Company who built/reaped the profits for the last 20 yrs?
Wud u prefer to continue paying toll for next 20 years instead of bearing the cost to remove them then?
“Malaysian Highway Authority Director-General Datuk Ir Ismail Md Salleh said PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS), as the former operator of the toll plazas, is in the process of appointing a contractor to carry out the demolition work”
Read the article lar. Not just the headlines.
If pipu can slow down as if passing thru Smarttag safely, theres no reason why they cant do the same after toll collection ceased.
I passed thru everyday and i dun find it that unsafe to require immediate removal. Just keep a safe distance with cars in front and dun overconfident. With everyone now back to work, it will be more chaos if traffic flow is blocked during peak periods for long time.
Best time to do it, is during CNY next month. Enuff 3 days for them to remove.
lol…they should appoint the contractor after gov announce to stop the collection…now need to wait for another two months to start demolish..stupid gov!!
Alredi more than 3 months since budget announcement, abolish toll collections at Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau. 2 innnocent lives lost..
#rakyat #didahulukan
Da tau narrow, slow down la puji mak. Salahkan toll pula.
Pasang je speedtrap kat pondok toll. Saman so no problemo.
I thought the speed limit there is 80km/h. With proper distance form car in front, it should be safe to drive even car in front slowdown while approaching the toll booth.
Two months? Not even one month (17 days to be exact) we counted two lives. Why did’nt the authorities thought about opening and appointing those tenders before?
U have to ask Sel gov for that. Even they dunno Gov wanna gip present to pipu.
U have to ask Fed gov for that.
It’s called Federal Highway, not Sel highway.
PLUS is holding government for ransom so that they don’t have to bear the cost
PLUS knew they will ceased operation on these tolls, they should be readied to start dismantling effective Jan 1. Why is the authority letting them take their own sweet time? On the other hand, the authority should ask PLUS to normalise the width of the road at the toll so that there are no bottle-neck & unnecessary speeding incidence in the “open” road
Always plan your journey.
No tailgating. Maintain your safe distance from the front car.
Speed breaker strips is there for a reason, even though no more payment collected.
Sorry, this is Malaysia, overconfident, no turn signal, speeding, show offs don’t care about your advice.
With the rumble stripes still in place, i dunno how eksidens can happen unless its due to the pipu fault. So all this complaints is not due to toll plaza still there but pipu overconfident & stupidity.
Plus is “in the process” of appointing a contractor to carry out the demolition work. In the process mean they didn’t do their homework in advance when they know they have to demolish the toll Plaza.
Sorry motorist, this is the type of operator we have who only cared about profits & NOT your safety or inconvenience.
Tender process is not like One Stop Center in some states. Got due process yo!
Most if not ALL tender have to follow a set of Bill of Quantity(BQ) & that happen to be My main job. Are U an Expert in tender or BQ john ??!
Well this is a lil diff. Its a deconstruction tender.
That means;
1) The vendor needs to be capable to dismantle constructs.
2) Vendor needs to have right vehicles, equipment, tools, & manpower.
3) Vendor needs to have financial capacity to complete the project.
4) Vendor needs to ensure no conflict of interest with PLUS.
5) Vendor needs to have right safety, CIDB, & local authority approvals to do the job.
6) Vendor needs to have proper safety record and plan to ensure a safe dismantling.
7) Vendor needs to provide action plan & time frame of project.
8) Vendor needs to provide their plan for disposal of material inc. recyclables.
9) Vendor needs to ensure the road pavement r made good and not endangering users later.
10) Vendor need be sufficiently responsible for servicing & repairs during warranty period.
Did i leave anything out?
Hahaha. Knowing the requirement BUT take such a long time to do the tender means U are delaying or PROCRASTINATION.
Knowing the requirement. Do u think its wise to speed thru and risk possibility of hiring wrong pipu to do it or do a worse job that can endanger lives or later found out got conflict of interest with PLUS? Anything missed can be bad pr for Plus and thus blamed to gov. Surely their side dun wan that.
Please remove the toll station immediately so that Malaysians drivers could pass through that section with high speed regardless of the speed limit.Which is always the case on any road anywhere . Speed limit and safety is not the Malaysian drivers concern and priority at any time.When accident occurs everything else is blamed expect the speed limit observation. Malaysia Boleh.