Lebuh Raya Pantai Barat Hubungkan Taiping Dan Banting Dibina

SUNGAI SIPUT, 18 Nov (Bernama) -- Kerajaan sedang merancang untuk membina Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (LPB) yang menghubungkan bandar Taiping di Perak dengan Banting di Selangor tidak lama lagi.

Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu berkata LPB yang melibatkan pembinaan laluan sejauh 215.8 km itu akan dibina oleh syarikat konsesi Konsortium LPB Sdn Bhd.

"Pembinaan lebuh raya itu akan dilaksanakan selepas perjanjian konsesi ditandatangani dan berkuatkuasa," katanya kepada pemberita selepas melancarkan Program Gotong Royong anjuran Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Kangsar di sini Sabtu.

Beliau bagaimanapun enggan menyatakan nilai projek itu.

Menurutnya perjanjian konsesi bagi projek itu sudah disiapkan, dan ia akan dikemukakan untuk kelulusan kabinet minggu depan.

Beliau menjangka pembinaan lebuh raya itu akan mengambil masa selama tiga tahun bagi menyiapkan jajaran di negeri Selangor dan empat tahun bagi jajaran di negeri Perak.

Samy Vellu berkata jajaran bagi Perak adalah sejauh kira-kira 126.5 km, bermula dari persimpangan antara Jalan Persekutuan dan susur Plaza Tol Changkat Jering di Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan, ke persimpangan di Jalan Persekutuan yang berhampiran Jambatan Sungai Bernam.

Bagi jajaran Selangor sepanjang 89.3 km pula, ia bermula dari persimpangan Jalan Negeri yang melalui Tanjong Karang dan Batang Berjuntai arah selatan ke persimpangan Jalan Negeri yang melalui Banting dan KLIA di Sepang.

"Lebuh raya ini akan mempunyai 16 persimpangan bertingkat dan 14 Plaza Tol," katanya.

Samy Vellu berkata ramai kontraktor terutamanya dari Kelas F (kecil) akan mendapat manfaat daripada pembinaan lebuh raya itu.

Beliau berkata projek LPB merupakan antara projek-projek infrastruktur terpenting negara, selain projek Jambatan Kedua Pulau Pinang berharga RM3 bilion yang dijangka siap pada 2011.

Mengenai pembinaan Lebuhraya Pantai Timur (LPT) Fasa 2 dari Kuantan ke Chendering di Terengganu, beliau berkata ia berjalan mengikut jadual.

Pembinaan LPT Fasa 2 berharga RM2,100 juta dibahagikan kepada 12 pakej, dan dijangka siap sepenuhnya pada tahun 2009.

-- BERNAMA

Yeah...TAIPING :)

Wait for next week announcement for confirmation..This project was mooted since 1997 under Konsortium Lebuhraya Pantai Barat Sdn Bhd..shareholders are KeURO (30%) , Talam (30%) , Selangor State (20%) & Perak State (20%)..Claiming many rounds will be approved in the cabinet meeting...even before Pak lah time.. Maybe this time cross fingers as IJM is stepping into KeURO..

EPU asks for more time on W Coast Highway proposal

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The Economic Planning Unit (EPU) has requested for more time to assess the proposals for the West Coast Highway linking Taiping and Banting, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu.

Clarifying press reports that the proposed project had been cancelled in a statement on Nov 28, he said EPU would re-table the proposals to Cabinet after requesting for a "little more time" to make the assessment.

Samy Vellu had earlier said he did not know why EPU had withdrawn the proposal when he brought it to the Cabinet last week. He had also informed the Cabinet not to delay the project any further as the costs would increase.

Look like IJM would definately further extend the propose entry in KeuRO again. If not mistaken this would be the 7th times..

Just Very Exciting!

Ini project sudah banyak kali KIVlah!Intersting enough melaka is the only one anticipating it !!!It they should go ahead it will be good for Selangor!!!It will a new coridor of growth and may be Perak will get the spilloverlah

Good News for Perak Coastal Dwellers

KUALA NERANG, March 4 (Bernama) -- After a delay of more than a decade, the cabinet has given the go ahead for the West Coast Expressway (LPB) project stretching 215.8 kilometres to be implemented soon.

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the expressway, costing more than RM3.1 billion, would link Taiping in Perak to Banting in Selangor and was expected to be completed in seven years.

Speaking to reporters after the ground breaking ceremony for the Alor Star-Kuala Nerang-Durian Burung Road upgrading project, here today, he said the Konsortium LPB Sdn Bhd had been appointed to implement the project.

It will be the third longest expressway in the country after the North-South Expressway (PLUS) stretching 966 kilometres and the East Coast Expressway (LPT) which is 330 kilometres long.

Upon completion, 1.2 million vehicles are expected to use the LPB daily.

The Perak state government had earlier urged the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's Department to speed up the long-delayed project as land acquisition had been completed.

On the 47.8km Alor Star-Kuala Nerang-Durian Burung Road upgrading which cost RM246 million, Samy Vellu said it was expected to be ready in September 2009.

-- BERNAMA

Projek Lebuhraya Pantai Barat RM3.1b dilaksana


KUALA NERANG: Selepas lebih sedekad tertangguh, Kabinet bersetuju supaya Projek Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (LPB) sepanjang 215.8 kilometer bernilai lebih RM3.1 bilion dilaksanakan tidak lama lagi.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata lebuh raya itu akan menghubungkan Taiping di Perak dan Banting di Selangor yang dijangka mengambil masa tujuh tahun untuk disiapkan.

Bercakap kepada pemberita selepas majlis pecah tanah projek menaik taraf Jalan Alor Star-Kuala Nerang-Durian Burung di sini semalam, beliau berkata Konsortium LPB Sdn Bhd dilantik bagi melaksanakan projek itu.

LPB ketiga terpanjang di negara ini selepas Lebuhraya Utara Selatan sepanjang 966 kilometer dan Lebuhraya Pantai Timur (LPT) sejauh 330 kilometer.

Apabila siap, LPB dijangka dapat digunakan 1.2 juta kenderaan setiap hari.

Sebelum ini, kerajaan Perak meminta Unit Perancang Ekonomi (EPU) di Jabatan Perdana Menteri menyegerakan projek yang sudah lama tertangguh itu kerana pengambilan tanah sudah lama dilakukan.

It's ironic...I heard an RTM news report on an initiative to protect wetlands and coastal areas, followed immediately by an announcement of the LPB project being reawakened....

something not connecting here :lol:

Cheers, m

I like this project!!IN the future it will take the load off the north south highway.

i guess the alignment for this highway will follow FT005 i guess...since the North South Highway follow FT001...

anybody have any updates on this highway?:)

latest update few weeks back, i heard si mamak zambry is not happy with the alignment from sabak bernam onwards..they rented PLUS helicopter to bring that mamak up...so..we still need to wait..

I think there is already an existing thread somewhere in the Highways n Expressways in Transportation....

It's ironic...I heard an RTM news report on an initiative to protect wetlands and coastal areas, followed immediately by an announcement of the LPB project being reawakened....

something not connecting here :lol:

Cheers, m

Hope they will build the highway keeping the damage to the minimum, which means elevated roads over wetlands and other environmentally vulnerable areas.

They have the land, but no construction.

Some news about awarding concessionaire a 60-year (!!!!) contract for WCE in NST today (Jan. 27).

Europlus bags RM7.07b highway job
By Roziana Hamsawi Published: 2012/01/27
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20120127001304/Article/index_html

Kumpulan Europlus Bhd has officially obtained the contract to build a RM7.07 billion highway linking Banting (Selangor) and Taiping (Perak).

Europlus said its 64.2 per cent-owned West Coast Expressway Sdn Bhd (WCE) obtained an approval letter yesterday from the Public Private Partnership Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department.

Releasing details of the project yesterday, Europlus said the West Coast Expressway will cover 316km. Of this, 224km will be tolled, while 92km will be toll-free.

The project is based on build-operate-transfer with a concession period of 60 years, the company said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

WCE has secured a government support loan (GSL) of RM2.24 billion to “enhance the viability of the project”. The soft loan will kick off in 2013 at an interest rate of 4.0 per cent per year and an interest subsidy of up to 3.0 per cent from commercial loans for a period of 22 years.

The terms of the GSL and interest subsidy will be finalised by WCE with the Ministry of Finance, Europlus said.

It noted that toll revenue in excess of an agreed traffic volume will be shared on the basis of 70:30 between the government and WCE until full settlement of the GSL and subsequently, 30:70 after the settlement of the GSL.

The government will bear some RM980 million cost to acquire land along the highway construction. WCE, meanwhile, will call for open tenders for main construction works. Proper concession agreement will be signed between WCE and the Works Ministry upon
clearance from the Attorney General.

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from Berita Harian

Great.. will be a great boost to the relatively under-developed coastal Selangor & Perak :cheers:

Hmmm, they should continue the road all the way to the 2nd Penang Bridge.

i think extending to penang would be a better and have more user.

The project is based on build-operate-transfer with a concession period of 60 years, the company said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

Oh wow why not make it 100 yrs:bash:

saw a few articles in the press questioning the award...something smells bad, kinda fishy...

^^SPRM do ur job, the agreement between Europlus-Gov was too fishy and not in a win-win situation...:bash:

Personally I was hoping they would extend it all the way to Melaka, Muar, Batu Pahat, Pontian. We need highways too! Why is the government ignoring us?

the federal road 5 from banting till hutan melintang already 4lanes, there to manjung somewhat wide,almost 4 lanes but the road is in terible condition..then from manjung to ipoh is already 4 lanes.. i don't really see the need for a parallel road doing the same,.. might as well use the resources to put flyover,repairs the current road and maybe can get it longer from bp to png..

There u go!

Agree with you^^ but these road are very accident-prone area due to the road condition and lots of lorry. Beside the stretch between Manjung<>Segari/Pantai Remis<>Cangkat Jering are in a very bad condition.

the federal road 5 from banting till hutan melintang already 4lanes, there to manjung somewhat wide,almost 4 lanes but the road is in terible condition..then from manjung to ipoh is already 4 lanes.. i don't really see the need for a parallel road doing the same,.. might as well use the resources to put flyover,repairs the current road and maybe can get it longer from bp to png..

But the whole stretch is pretty crowded and somewhat dangerous because many buses & heavy trucks use the roads . The new highway cud clear this & stimulate economic boom in coastal Selangor & Perak .

the highway will ease the congestion at PLUS during balik kampung season..

My mom in law house will be totally affected by this gonna build Highway, so no more balik kampung!:nuts:

the highway will ease the congestion at PLUS during balik kampung season..

If thats the reason, i think they better reconsider it:lol: