Senior minister for works, Fadillah Yusof said of the total, RM133 million was for slope repairs at 181 locations while the rest would go towards road restoration.

“Critical repair works have begun. The initial target is to have one lane open and passable at the affected roads.

“Once we get the full allocation, the other repair works will be carried out,” he said when met by reporters at the reopening of the FT31 Dengkil Bridge (Jalan Banting-Semenyih) here today.

He added that about 80%, or 943 of the 994 roads affected by the floods nationwide, had been cleared and the rest were now left to the respective state public works departments.

On the Dengkil Bridge, Fadillah said RM800,000 was allocated to repair the bridge which was closed on Dec 17 due to soil erosion and collapse following the floods.

He said the repairs were completed earlier than scheduled and the bridge is now open to the public.