Extra lane at CIQ complex to ease traffic congestion
2009/11/18
JOHOR BARU: Contractor Gerbang Perdana will build an extra lane to ease congestion at the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex.
Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said the extra lane would be a ramp leading to the new Eastern Dispersal Link on the Johor side, and would be completed in a month.
Shaziman said once the new lane was completed, there would be three lanes for cars to enter Johor Baru, after the Customs checkpoint.
The new lane is among several routes, called medium-term routes, that will be completed by the end of next year.
"We have asked Gerbang Perdana to complete the work earlier as all medium-term routes are supposed to be completed in March 2011.
"The work is 47 per cent complete. The medium-term routes cost RM253 million."
On complaints of congestion caused by lorries at the Causeway, Shaziman said the problem should be resolved as the cargo checkpoint for lorries in Tanjung Puteri began operating 24 hours since Sunday.
He said the congestion was caused by Singapore-bound lorries that wait near the Tanjung Puteri cargo checkpoint after clearance by Customs.
"Many lorry drivers wait for the right time to enter Singapore. They usually wait for the operation hours (of businesses) to begin at 9am before proceeding. This is one cause for the congestion," Shaziman said after visiting the CIQ complex and cargo complex for lorries at Tanjung Puteri.
He said 700 lorries travelled from Singapore to Malaysia through the Causeway daily, while the daily number of lorries from Malaysia to Singapore was 1,000. About 500 of the Singapore-bound lorries carry sand.
Shaziman said he would brief the cabinet on Friday on other measures to ease traffic congestion at the CIQ complex.
Among them is a proposal to add another 36 immigration booths to the current 36 at the complex. "PLUS (Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan) Bhd has agreed to this."
2009/11/18
JOHOR BARU: Contractor Gerbang Perdana will build an extra lane to ease congestion at the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex.
Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said the extra lane would be a ramp leading to the new Eastern Dispersal Link on the Johor side, and would be completed in a month.
Shaziman said once the new lane was completed, there would be three lanes for cars to enter Johor Baru, after the Customs checkpoint.
The new lane is among several routes, called medium-term routes, that will be completed by the end of next year.
"We have asked Gerbang Perdana to complete the work earlier as all medium-term routes are supposed to be completed in March 2011.
"The work is 47 per cent complete. The medium-term routes cost RM253 million."
On complaints of congestion caused by lorries at the Causeway, Shaziman said the problem should be resolved as the cargo checkpoint for lorries in Tanjung Puteri began operating 24 hours since Sunday.
He said the congestion was caused by Singapore-bound lorries that wait near the Tanjung Puteri cargo checkpoint after clearance by Customs.
"Many lorry drivers wait for the right time to enter Singapore. They usually wait for the operation hours (of businesses) to begin at 9am before proceeding. This is one cause for the congestion," Shaziman said after visiting the CIQ complex and cargo complex for lorries at Tanjung Puteri.
He said 700 lorries travelled from Singapore to Malaysia through the Causeway daily, while the daily number of lorries from Malaysia to Singapore was 1,000. About 500 of the Singapore-bound lorries carry sand.
Shaziman said he would brief the cabinet on Friday on other measures to ease traffic congestion at the CIQ complex.
Among them is a proposal to add another 36 immigration booths to the current 36 at the complex. "PLUS (Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan) Bhd has agreed to this."
