Type Berhad / Public | Founded 1995 | |
Industry Infrastructure maintenance specialist
Highway maintenance Headquarters Menara UEM, Bangsar South City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Key people Wan Azman Wan Salleh, Managing Director and CEO Products Infrastructure maintenance
Pavement rehabilitation
Traffic and safety
Highway maintenance
Utilities relocation | ||
The Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad (PROPEL Berhad) is the largest highway maintenance operator in Malaysia. A member of UEM Group, the company has undertaken repair and maintenance works on highway facilities, such as road works and repair works, road line painting, cleaning works on lay-bys and rest and service areas, trimming grass and landscaping along expressway areas, road furniture instalment and others. PROPEL Berhad was delisted from Bursa Malaysia as it became an operating business unit of UEM Group Berhad.
Services
The PROPEL Intervention Team (PIT) or PROPEL Response Team is a special response team unit provides 24-hour patrolling services to monitor and regulate traffic flow along North–South Expressway network. They are the first to be at site during emergency situation to manage the traffic and clear debris from accidents; to ensure smooth operation on the highway.
The cleaners of buildings and Layby-Rest and Service Area (RSA) are responsible to ensure that facilities maintained by PROPEL are clean and comfortable for users.
PROPEL Main Line workers carry out routine maintenance activities such as grass cutting, landscaping, drainage and culvert cleaning, guardrail repair and replacement and signboard cleaning. They are also responsible for routine maintenance of toll plazas and the periodic heavy work such as lane degreasing.
PROPEL Traffic Safety Unit’s staff is responsible to set-up and manage traffic schemes during diversions and road closures. They provide traffic management for all road upgrading and rehabilitation works carried out along the highway.