CITY Hall will liaise with the government concessionaire about repainting the traffic lines on Lorong Bunga Matahari in Likas, as well as repairing the damaged sections of this road and the one leading to a residential property off Kilometre 11 in Inanam.
The agency is also keeping an eye on Jalan Basel in the Kg Likas area.
This follows feedback about the poor driving experience which three road-users have experienced due to the missing demarcations and potholes on the stretches to the Shern En Methodist church, Seri Warisan Apartments and housing area behind Likas Plaza.
These motorists provided Hotline with the pertinent details regarding their grievances. This information was forwarded to City Hall.
A spokeswoman for its Traffic and Transport Department (TTD) said a check of its records revealed that these stretches listed in the agency’s road register.
She said City Hall was not oblivious to the irregularities involving Lorong Bunga Matahari.
“Members of our Road Patching Gang (RPG) noted that the white line running down the middle of the road could barely be seen, if not was missing altogether, when they inspected the stretch towards the end of September,” she said.
“They also observed that the asphalt was cracked in many places, while depressions had formed in other parts of these roads.”
The spokeswoman said the concessionaire was apprised of these observations, shortly after this check, and urged to take the necessary action as soon as possible.
“Given as how two months have passed and the defects still remain, we will write to the company about according some priority to attend to the road.”
She said a similar letter would be sent to the firm about the potholes which had formed in the Seri Warisan stretch.
“We were made to understand that the damaged sections were attended to earlier this month. However, according to the Inanam motorist, the concessionaire’s workers only patched up some of the potholes and left others untouched.”
The driver was apparently unhappy with the manner in which the repairs were carried out, according to her, saying that it was “a half-hearted effort”.
“Our RPG confirmed the presence of those potholes which had not been sealed. Some of the affected sections were about the size of a child’s wading pool. The personnel who made this inspection suspect that the damage might be caused because of the rainwater was collecting on the road.”
She said the agency’s Engineering Department had been informed about the ponding problem on the stretch.
A spokesman for this Department said its staff would check on the drainage in the area.
“We will have to verify the report 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.”
In the case of Jalan Basel, the TTD spokeswoman said its RPG would make periodic checks in this part of Likas to ensure that drivers were not inconvenienced by any potholes which formed in the stretch.
She said the RPG inspected the road in the second week of November, after City Hall was informed that part of the asphalt, at the section closer towards the Likas Lagoon, had collapsed.
“Our staff found a deep pothole had formed in the portion of the road between Wisma BCCM and the house opposite the property. Upon closer examination, they noticed that a pipe of some kind had been installed beneath the stretch.”
He said these personnel got the impression that the party which put this fixture in place might not have done a proper job in reinstating the road afterwards.
There was a hollow space where the asphalt had caved in. The driver who brought this problem to our attention suspected that the damage may have been caused by a heavy vehicle entering Wisma BCCM.”
She said a worker at the latter was queried about this, after which City Hall had a traffic cone placed over the pothole.
“Another pair of staff with our RPG returned to the site a week later. They found that the pothole had been patched up during this inspection.”
