Road closure shows authorities, contractors insensitive, says YB
Published on: Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: The closure of the Tuaran Road created a massive traffic jam and inconvenience to thousands of motorists during the recent Kaamatan holidays. Inanam Assemblyman, Dr Roland Chia criticised the authorities and contractors for choosing the whole Kaamatan holidays to close the road."So many people were travelling back to their kampong for the extended Kaamatan public holidays but many ended up getting stuck in a long traffic jam due to the insensitivity of the authorities and contractors," he said.
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"The road closure for whatever reasons is insensitive to the motorists who used the road for work, business and daily activities. "These hours of road closure are uncalled for. In developed countries, road closure for construction and maintenance work is done during late hours of the night and the early hours of dawn," he said.Chia said he had received many calls from commuters to the business community and distressed parents who had to spend hours on the road to send and pick up their children for the last day of school. Chia urged the authorities to be more sensitive to the needs and cries of the people.
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