PLUS Expressway lane-expansion project to be extended to Ayer Hitam exit, says Ahmad Maslan

• There will be no additional costs involved in the extra 17km expansion, which will bring the entire length of the project to 37km, he said, adding that the initial project of expanding the highway from four lanes to six lanes cost RM931 million for the stretch of road from Sedenak to Simpang Renggam.

ISKANDAR PUTERI (March 31): The North-South Expressway (PLUS) lane-expansion project will be extended to the Ayer Hitam exit from its original plan of Simpang Renggam, Deputy Public Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said.

There will be no additional costs involved in the extra 17km expansion, which will bring the entire length of the project to 37km, he said, adding that the initial project of expanding the highway from four lanes to six lanes cost RM931 million for the stretch of road from Sedenak to Simpang Renggam.

“We are currently in the process of value assessment to extend the expansion, as we can reach Ayer Hitam with such a large allocation, and the project is due to start this year,” he said at a media conference after visiting the Johor Public Works Department’s (JKR) mechanical engineering branch here on Sunday, with Johor JKR director Abu Bakar Abd Aziz in attendance.

Ahmad was responding to requests for comments on the expansion project’s development by media representatives.

The expansion project was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as part of Budget 2024 in October last year.

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