DBKK plans to reseal Inanam road
Published on: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
The potholes on this Inanam road are a source of frustration to drivers living in the area.
CITY Hall plans to carry out improvement work on a section of an Inanam road, located off Kilometre 11, Jalan Tuaran, following complaints that the stretch was damaged.A spokesman for the City Hall’s Traffic and Transport Department (TTD) said the agency intended to “redo and reseal” the road.
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“Based on an inspection of the stretch, we have determined that this is going to be a major job,” he said on January 25.
“We are in the process of calling a tender for this purpose.”
City Hall tentatively hoped to have the road refurbished by the first quarter of the year, according to him.
“In the meantime, gravel has been poured over the potholes to offer drivers some temporary relief.
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“This is the most we can do for now. We cannot ‘grade’ the road as we do not have the equipment to accomplish this task.”
The spokesman was responding to a complaint from an Inanam driver about the poor condition of the stretch used to access some apartments in the area.
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The ratepayer contacted City Hall in January last year, when he first noticed potholes forming on the road.
He followed up on the progress of the repairs, on and off, in the intervening months.
In each instance, he was assured that his grievance would be promptly dealt with.
The motorist said, by November, nothing had been done to either resurface or patch up the damaged sections of the stretch.
The potholes had more than doubled by then, which prompted him to contact Hotline for help.
When asked about the reason for the year-long delay in attending to the road, the spokesman declined to comment.
“Once the necessary allocation becomes available, we will have the stretch rebuilt, including having it properly levelled and asphalted.
“For the time being, our workers will be asked to manually flatten the sections which have been patched up.”
LES of Inanam said motorists trying to access the Seri Warisan Apartments found it inconvenient to use the road beside some factories in the area.
He said there were over 10 potholes of various depths and sizes along the stretch.
“The uneven surface of the road damages the undercarriage of our vehicles,” he said.
He said the condition of the road had gradually been deteriorating over the past few months.
Les said, whenever it rained, some of the potholes resembled wading pools for kids.
“The stretch becomes difficult to use especially for those with smaller vehicles, like Kancils, during a downpour.
“It is impossible to swerve around the potholes as the damaged sections have grown quite wide.”
To make matters worse, he said the water remained, even after the sun came out.
“It takes a while before these pools dry up. I suspect that this ponding problem may be contributing to the damage and aggravating the road woes.”
Les voiced his displeasure about the lack of maintenance carried out on the stretch.
A spokesman for the City Hall’s Engineering Department said its staff would check on the drainage in the area.
“We will have to verify the driver’s claim about the water pooling on the stretch,” he said.
“Should it prove to be true, we will keep the road under observation for a period to try and determine why the run-off does not recede once the rain stops.”
Meanwhile, the government concessionaire has patched up the damaged sections of Jalan Bandar Sierra Boulevard 2, near a Manggatal roundabout.
The TTD spokesman said a check of its records revealed that the stretch was listed in City Hall’s road register.
“The company was alerted to the irregularities involving the road, shortly after we confirmed the presence of several potholes near the roundabout,” he said.
“The concessionaire’s workers patched up the affected sections a few days later.”
He advised ratepayers in the area to inform City Hall directly of any road woes near the roundabout, so that action can be taken to deal with these problems as soon as possible.
The potholes near this roundabout in Bandar Sierra are a traffic hazard.
AUDRA of Manggatal said potholes had formed in parts of the stretch just before the roundabout.
She said the damaged sections were especially dangerous for road users, especially drivers of small vehicles.
“If their tyres hit these holes, they could easily lose control of their vehicle and this could lead to a bad accident,” she said.
“I cannot understand how the local authorities could have failed to notice these irregularities on the road.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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