Concrete driveways problem to DBKK drain maintenance
Published on: Wednesday, November 26, 2014
KOTA KINABALU: Luyang Assemblyman Hiew King Chew said homeowners' concrete driveways in many housing areas in the city have prevented City Hall from properly maintaining the drains under them."The clearing of the blocked drains in front of the houses in many areas in Kota Kinabalu has become a major problem for City Hall. "This is due to the house owners constructing their concrete driveways in front of their houses without leaving an opening for the purpose of clearing away the blockages underneath the concrete slabs.
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The blocked drain has caused overflowing and flooding at the houses." Hiew said this after he visited several areas having this problem with the engineers from City Hall. "The blocked drains would not be easy to clear when there is a long stretch of thick concrete covering the drains. City Hall workers sometimes could not dig out the items deep inside the covered drain and had to give up the task."Hiew pointed out that it is the house owners who have to be considerate by not covering the drains completely when they are upgrading or widening their front driveways.
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