Road maintenance works on all Malaysian highways halted for Hari Raya, until May 7 – works minister

Road maintenance works on all Malaysian highways halted for Hari Raya, until May 7 – works minister

In conjunction with the upcoming Hari Raya festive holidays, the government has announced that all maintenance work on all highways across the country will be temporarily halted until May 7, Bernama reports.

Works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said that this was to ensure that traffic would flow as smooth as possible during the Aidilfitri period. “While maintenance work is necessary to ensure that our highways are at their best, we are postponing this so as not to disrupt the travels of road users during this festival. That is what is important,” he said.

He said the suspension of maintenance work was agreed upon by all highway concession companies, and the directive was issued following a video – which went viral on social media – showing severe congestion on the KL-Karak Expressway yesterday due to the closure of the emergency and left lanes for maintenance work.

Many users reportedly expressed their dissatisfaction at having to deal with severe congestion from KM20.1 to KM30.8 on the route as a result of the road works, and questioned why such activity was being carried out during this period.

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  • newme on Apr 19, 2023 at 2:05 pm

    please also REMOVE all cones and contruction machines away from the road. And dont close any lanes unless cant be avoided.

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  • Seriously need to postpone till that long ? At most the peak travel season should end by 30 April

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  • Why eh they dont want to do maintenance before festive peak time? Dont know how read calendar or got something fishy? U know they can claim extra pay if do job at public holiday, or use immediate urgent work for festive season usage. Easy money for the same amount of work. Then can ask for extention of time if not complete, reason is raya holiday road banned enforced.

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  • Kijang Emas on Apr 25, 2023 at 12:22 am

    Owner of those companies sure got brain but rarely use them that’s for sure

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