The Works Ministry will receive a report prepared by an independent consultant on the causes for the cracks found at the beams on the Middle Ring Road 11 (MRR 11) which has resulted in the temporary closure of the highway.

Bernama reports that Works Minister S Samy Vellu will receive the document from Halcrow Group Ltd next Wednesday as the consulting firm has completed its investigations.

The independent consultant was contracted to investigate the matter after two previous consultants - and Australian and a German company - had produced varied reports on the cause of the structural damage to the highway's beams.

The two-year old flyover in Kepong has been closed to traffic since Aug 8 after both firms recommended its closure as a result of the cracks.

"The firm will take another two weeks to come out with the best possible techniques to rectify cracks on the beams and pillars," Samy Vellu said after attending a fund-raiser at the Methodist Primary School, Sg Siput today.

Transparency

Allegations surrounding the closure of the RM238.8 million project had the Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) carrying out investigations on the project which resulted in the halting of repair works.

However Samy Vellu today said the short-term remedial work on 15 pillars have been completed while 13 are still undergoing repairs.

When the matter was being dealt with last month, Samy Vellu had said that the costs would be close to RM20 million but the project's contractors BumiHiway (M) Sdn Bhd, Sukmin Sdn Bhd and Konsortium Kontraktor Melayu were not be able to bear the costs.

However at the fund-raiser Samy Vellu said finalisation of the repair costs and the next phase of repairs will be decided by the cabinet based on recommendations by his ministry while practising transparency.

"We will be transparent as the report will be opened in front of the minister, ministry secretary-general, the public works department director-general, contractors and consultants," he said

Full repairs to the 1.7km stretch between the Taman Bukit Maluri and the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia interchanges is expected to take three months.