The Star, Saturday June 16, 2012

Two toll plazas to go

THE toll plazas at Batu 9 Kuala Lumpur-bound and Batu 11 Kajang-bound of the Grand Saga Highway will be demolished in three months.

Highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd senior general manager A. Rajasolan said there would be more lanes near the plazas after the toll plazas were demolished.

He said they would conform to the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) standard.

Safety in school: Rajasolan (second right) presenting a token to student Muhammad Faizal Noraihan. With them are (from left) Zainal, Grand Saga public relations executive Norashikin Nordin and school’s students affairs assistant head Datin Norliza Shamsudin.

 

“There isn’t much difference in the volume of traffic on the road now,” he said at the road safety briefing programme at SMK Bandar Damai Perdana in Cheras.

The programme was carried out by the traffic police, Selangor Road Safety Department (JKJR) and Road Transport Department.

About 100 Form 4 and 5 students attended the briefing by Sgt Major Zainal Alam Abdul Majid.

Rajasolan said they had been carrying out similar programmes for the past six years to promote road safety, especially among students.

“We want students to realise the consequences of not following the regulations,” he said, adding this was their third and final programme for the year.

Sgt-Major Zainal Alam said a similar programme held at SMK Sultan Abdul Aziz (SAAS) yearly had shown a difference among the students.

“It would be better if the schools worked with the police, whereby the schools can later take action against students without licences.

“In most cases we warn students who do not have licences.

“Some of the offences include not wearing helmets and riding withour a licence. Most accidents are caused by the way they ride the bikes,” he said.