The works ministry is planning to upgrade the North-South Expressway in Johor from Yong Peng Utara to Senai Utara from its current four lanes to six lanes, which is plans to do in stages, Bernama has reported.
Works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said this project is necessary in order to reduce congestion along this stretch of highway, especially on weekends and during festive seasons. This proposed project is estimated to cost RM525 million and has been included in the Third Rolling Plan of the 12th Malaysia Plan, according to the report.
Its implementation, however is subject to the allocation under the revised Budget 2023, which is due to be tabled tomorrow, February 24, 2023 by prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“If the project is implemented using government funds, there will be no increase in toll rates for highway users, Nanta replied to a question from BN-Ayer Hitam member of parliament Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, who was formerly the transport minister from March 2020 to August 2021, and then from August 2021 to November 2022.
Meanwhile, the works minister said that the 195 km-long highway expansion project from Ayer Keroh, Melaka to Johor Bahru, Johor is estimated to cost RM7.5 billion.
Responding to another question, Nanta said that the public works department always ensured that pothole repairs were carried out according to the prescribed method, and did not discriminate when approving allocations to any state for that purpose.
These allocations for the maintenance of federal roads for each state were given annually, based on the list of damaged roads as prepared by the public works department and were subject to approval by the ministry of finance, he said in response to a question from Datuk Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid, PN-Kuala Kangsar member of parliament.
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The 4 lanes on the Seremban stretch has more traffic jam than the 2 lane portion on Johor stretch. It’s a bad driver behaviour that hog lanes. The more lanes you give, the more jam it will be. More often than not, the slowest 2 lane is empty.
Induced demand
Also known as going backwards/regression
Should double toll rate but widened to 10 lanes
Only RM525mil to widen highway from yong peng to senai utara? I think that is cheap.
What about sg petani to sg dua in Prai which is congested everyday? Not just during the holidays.
And juru to batu kawan also jam everyday.
And after ipoh going north where lorries going uphill causes jam everyday.
And sg siput to ipoh?
Wow only 525 million, imagine what our countries’s infrastructure would look like if there’s no billions ringgit of corruption and trillion wasted
Very late and very reactive action by the government. But, better late than never.
That also sultan of johore needed to intervene. I wonder what PLUS executive actually do in their office everyday. Counting toll collection?
Yup that’s a promise since Najib’s year
The main reason for traffic at Johor will be the top booth. Super delay and not efficient enough as very limited tol booth available. Should have more smart tag and rfid booth also to clear the jam
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should consider also the north part. Ipoh – Penang still heavy jam each time. If south =6 lanes but north remaining as current condition –> won’t change much on the overall condition.
It should be upgraded to 4 lines a side instead to be future ready. Let’s say this project really materialize and gets completed in 5 years; will 6 six lanes be relevant then. Just look at what happened in the past to the stretch from Malacca to Seremban and Seremban to Sg Besi. It’s wiser and cheaper to do it now instead of revisiting this problem again in ten years to come.
6 lanes should be implemented as soon as possible. In addition to that, the train facilities between cities need to be improved. Malaysia should learn from densely populated countries like Japan. An advanced rail public transport system will reduce road congestion. This is the best method.
Our traffic administrators normally do things 20 years later. So about 25 years to fix a jammed highway.
IMO, long overdue expanion. Should include the whole NSE at this point. From Sungai Petani, Kedah all the way to Slim River for north corridor. Or atleast make a by-pass avoiding Juru and Prai.