Kota Kinabalu: Efforts to brighten up the city at night have been made since last year for public safety and to weed out undesirable activities like alleged drug-taking in dark areas, said incumbent Api-Api Assemblywoman Datuk Seri Christina Liew.
She said towards this end, new lights have been installed at the open carpark space next to the Kota Kinabalu Central Market.
“Similarly, the Karamunsing flyover is now brightly lit at night, with the installation of new LED lights to replace old sodium powered lights. Motorists using the flyover route can see the difference now,” Liew said in a statement, Friday.
According to her, new streetlights have also been put in place, covering areas like Asia City, Api-Api Centre, Taman Sena, Taman Nibung and Taman Bukit Temasu.
Liew said for the convenience of vendors, 500 new sterilisation LED lights have been installed at the Kota Kinabalu Central Market, including the garments’ section, fish market and food court.
“With a brighter, cleaner and more hygienic environment, the improved venue is definitely more appealing to KK folks and visitors,” she said, adding water supply woes facing the hawkers and traders will soon be a thing of the past, now that an emergency desalination plant has been set up on the ground floor of the market.
The plant will be used to treat seawater and convert it into potable water and for other uses in the event of supply disruption.
Acknowledging the support of relevant government departments and agencies over the years, Liew said she has been able to achieve what she planned to do for her constituency for the benefit of KK residents.
Restoration work included resurfacing of housing roads, widening of drains in housing areas and repair works on damaged five-foot-ways and back alleys of shops at the Sinsuran and Segama Shopping Complexes, Kg Air and Bandaran Berjaya, Liew added.
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