Tapah: The implementation of the traffic dispersal project in Tapah is not being carried out because of the Ayer Kuning state by-election scheduled on April 26. State Infrastructure, Energy, Water and Public Transport Committee chairman, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, emphasized that the timing of the project is coincidental and unrelated to the upcoming election.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, a study on the implementation of the traffic dispersal project had been conducted by Batang Padang District engineers together with the Public Works Department (JKR) since the middle of last year. The project is now 95 percent complete. Nizar clarified this point during a question and answer session at the State Legislative Assembly when responding to a supplementary question by Mohamad Amin Roslan (PN-Pengkalan Hulu) regarding the allocation and traffic dispersal work in Tapah.

Nizar also stated that the traffic dispersal initiative has successfully reduced congestion in Tapah. He noted that many critics of the state government have observed an improvement in traffic conditions, citing his own experience of seeing smooth traffic flow on April 1.

In response to an earlier question by Choong Shin Heng (PH-Chenderiang), Nizar explained that the project involves creating a shortcut from Federal Road 1 (FT001) to Federal Road 59 (FT 59). This project was approved by the Perak State Government under the Perak State Development Allocation 2025, with the objective of resolving traffic issues in Tapah town. The estimated cost of the project is RM 16.533 million, and procurement by the Perak Public Works Department is expected to be implemented by next month at the latest.