Suggestion solutions to Kuching-Samarahan Expressway traffic jams
KUCHING: Stop politicising the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway gridlock issue, and instead focus on finding an effective solution. Kuching City South Council (MBKS) Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng made the appeal at the opening of the temporary alternative road along the expressway heading towards BDC, Jalan Setia Raja and Jalan Stutong, here today (Jan 6). “Like I’ve […]
Stressed by unbearable traffic jams
KUCHING: Many commuters say it is unpleasant and stressful to be caught in the daily heavy traffic jams on the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway. Now that schools have opened and the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway traffic light project is in progress, the jams from Kota Samarahan to Kuching and back have worsened. Many commuters want the relevant authorities to […]
Traffic jams to be a thing of the past
KUCHING: Traffic congestions from Jalan Penrissen to Jalan Kuching-Serian will be a thing of the past following the completion of four flyovers early next year. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang said that all four flyovers will be completed by March of next year, one month ahead of its scheduled completion of April 2022, according […]
Call to postpone closure of Mile 6 route
By Rachel Mina KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) Chairman Lo Khere Chiang has urged contractors to postpone the closure of the traffic light junction in Mile 6 here. According to him, the closure of the road by the Public Works Department (JKR) was to give way for the reconstruction of the pavement for the Pan […]
Samarahan residents are elated
ART TRANSPORT SYSTEM KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) welcomes the proposed Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) public transportation system which could solve traffic congestion in bustling Kota Samarahan. Its chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the residents here are elated that the Kuching — Samarahan route has been selected for the first phase of the […]
Why the delay?
KUCHING: Political secretary to the chief minister Tan Kai wants Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong to explain the cause for the delay in upgrading works at Jalan Tun Razak/Jalan Foochow here. Tan was at the work site yesterday and witnessed the congested traffic scenario at the intersection. “The upgrading works of the traffic light intersection at […]
No more traffic jams in six months’ time
KUCHING: There will be no more traffic jams at flyover construction sites after the completion of the heavy substructures in six months’ time, said Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang. Currently, there are traffic jams during peak hours at the flyover construction sites at Mile 6, Mile 4 1/2, Mile 7 and Mile […]
