Malaysian Highway Authority

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The Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) or Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) is a government agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Works. The agency was founded in 24 October 1980 to build the North-South Expressway, but now the main function of Malaysian Highway Authority is to monitor the works and administration of expressways in Malaysia as subject to Federal Roads Act (Private Managements) 1984.

Contents 1 Background 2 Mission 3 Objectives 4 Functions 5 Function of Divisions 5.1 Regulatory & Maintenance Division 5.2 Project / Special Project Division 5.3 Quantity Survey & Contract Management Division 5.4 Regional Office (Northern, Central, Southern & Eastern) 5.5 Finance Division 5.6 Administration Division 5.7 Land Management Division 5.8 Legal Division 6 LLM main headquarters and territory regional headquarters 6.1 Main headquarters and central region 6.2 Northern region 6.3 Southern region 6.4 East Coast region 6.5 Sabah Region 6.6 Sarawak Region 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Background

At the end of 1977, the Government has decided to built a Toll Expressway from north to south of the Peninsular lingking all the major towns and developing areas of the west coast. It starts from Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah near the border of Thailand, in the north and ends at Johor Bahru, Johor, near the border of Singapore.

The main objectives of the expressway construction are to create a complete and effective road network between all major towns to cater for the increasing traffic.

To facilitate these responsibilities, under the Parliament Act 231, Malaysia Highway Authority was established on 24 October 1980.

[edit] Mission

To establish a network of toll expressway which is safe, efficient, comfortable and complete with all the necessary facilities and amenities.

[edit] Objectives

Under the act 231, the objective of the Authority are as follows: to plan, design, develop, operate and maintain a modern network of expressways with all necessary facilities and amenities which will:-

1. provide a fast, safe and efficient means of road transport for the country as a whole;
2. link all existing major townships and potential areas of development thereby contributing to the economic, cultural and social development and integration of the nation;
3. enable an effective interurban public road transportation to be provided throughout the country;
4. to train personnel and further develop experties in all facets of highway construction, operation and maintenance.

[edit] Functions

Section 11(1) Malaysia Highway Authority (incorporated) Act 1980, the functions of MHA are :-

1. to supervise and execute the design, construction and maintenance of highways as determined by the Government:
2. to supervise and execute the design, construction and maintenance of rest and service areas and other facilities that may be deemed necessary along the highways;
3. to collect toll from the users of highways and other dues from facilities along highways;
4. to plan and carry out research to ensure efficient utilization of highways and other facilities along highways;
5. to undertake all related tasks to ensure absolute development of highways and all facilities along them.

[edit] Function of Divisions

[edit] Regulatory & Maintenance Division

• Monitoring and highway maintenance
• Traffic management & emergency aspect (highway under operation)
• Toll operation monitoring
• Roadside development
• Approval of design for additional works to existing highway

[edit] Project / Special Project Division

• Negotiation on Concession Technical Aspect
• Highway design checking for approval
• Checking and approval of land acquisition zone
• Status report for projects under construction
• Preparation of guidelines and manuals for expressway design

[edit] Quantity Survey & Contract Management Division

• Negotiation on new expressway contract cost
• Evaluation of claims and additional works
• Tendering
• Quotation

[edit] Regional Office (Northern, Central, Southern & Eastern)

• Responsible for taking care of the government and public interest during construction of expressways.
• Undertake quality controls on construction in accordance to the standards agreed in the concession agreement.
• Monitoring of construction and maintenance works in accordance to the standards agreed in the concession agreement.
• To exercise controls on the concession companies ensuring that they perform their obligations in monitoring the expressway operations and guaranteeing the safety and comfort of the user.
• To ensure that the roadside development adhered to the conditions approved by LLM.

[edit] Finance Division

• Preparation of Annual Budget
• Controlling of LLM accounts
• Procurement through Central Contract on direct procurement of supply and services
• Procurement through quotation for supply and services

[edit] Administration Division

• Services administration & human resources management
• Control of documents and data
• Records administration
• Administration of personnel trainning & courses
• Public complains

[edit] Land Management Division

• Administer the private land acquisition process through Land Acquisition Act 1960
• Application on government reserve land
• Estimating on acquisition cost
• Advertising board along the expressway
• Administer obtical problems along the expressway corridor

[edit] Legal Division

• Legal advice
• Preparation of expressway order for gazetting
• Legal matters relating to expressway
• Internal Audit Unit
• Internal auditing to ensure organisation resources are protected and used effectively
• Preparation of independent analysis on all audited programme and activities to evaluate the effectiveness and identification of problems for purpose of improvement
• Repetitive analysis and evaluation on audited information and improvement action.

[edit] LLM main headquarters and territory regional headquarters

[edit] Main headquarters and central region

Ibu Pejabat,

Wisma Lebuhraya,

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia,

KM 6 Jalan Serdang - Kajang

43000 Kajang,

Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel: 03-87373000 / 87383000 (10 talian)

Fax:603-87373555

e-mail : llm@llmnet.gov.my

Pejabat Wilayah Tengah,

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia,

KM 6, Jalan Serdang - Kajang,

43000 Kajang,

Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel : 03-87366211 , 03-87366213

Fax : 03-87333749

[edit] Northern region

Pejabat Wilayah Utara,

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia,

Jambatan Pulau Pinang,

Batu 7, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,

Pulau Pinang

Tel : 04-6577911 , 04-6576292

Fax : 04-6572872

Pejabat Cawangan Wilayah Utara,

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia,

Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah Utara,

31400 Ipoh,

Perak Darul Ridzuan

Tel : 05-5479220 , 05-5479230

Fax : 05-579206

[edit] Southern region

Pejabat Wilayah Selatan,

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia,

Pejabat Penyenggaraan Senai,

81400 Senai,

Johor Darul Takzim

Tel : 07-5991735

Fax : 07-5996418

[edit] East Coast region

Pejabat Wilayah Timur,

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia,

Persimpangan Bertingkat Kuantan - LPT,

26050 Kuantan,

Pahang Darul Makmur

Tel : 09-5612121

Fax : 09-5612302

[edit] Sabah Region

none

[edit] Sarawak Region

none

[edit] See also

• Malaysian expressway system
• Malaysian Public Works Department

[edit] External links

• Malaysian Highway Authority official page
• Malaysian Highway Authority traffic information page