City Hall is in the process of upgrading Jalan Plaza GM and may consider doing the same for Lorong Bizhup, which is also located in the Bandar Sierra area of Manggatal.
On top of this, the agency plans to formally call on the government concessionaire to restore the traffic lines on Lorong Bunga Matahari and repair this Likas road.
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This follows feedback from three drivers about the poor condition of these stretches.
A proprietor at Sierra Biz Hub and a driver, living at Bandar Sierra, bemoaned the damaged sections of the road leading to the commercial centre, as well as the one between the Grand Merdeka Mall and Taman Rimba.
A Likas motorist, meanwhile, spoke out about the missing demarcations and potholes on stretch to the Shern En Methodist church, off Mile 2½ Jalan Tuaran.
These individuals related their grievances separately to Hotline, providing the location of the “trouble spots” on the affected roads. This information was forwarded to both agencies.
A spokeswoman for City Hall’s Traffic and Transport Department said inspections were made of the damaged stretches, shortly after it learned of the drivers’ concerns.
“Personnel with our RPG [Road Patching Gang] found that the asphalt was cracked in many places,” she said.
“They noticed that depressions had formed in other parts of these roads.”
She said Jalan Plaza GM was in the worst shape off all, describing the stretch to be in a “very critical” state with potholes which were “quite big”.
“We initiated a programme to rehabilitate the stretch last month. This improvement is being carried out in stages.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she said, the agency tentatively hoped to finish attending to Jalan Plaza GM by the end of February.
“Should the budget allow, we will try to have the repairs to Lorong Bizhup included as part of this remedial work taking place in this part of Manggatal.”
The spokeswoman said City Hall was keen to address the “ponding problem” on both roads as this had given rise to the inconvenience caused by the potholes which frequently formed on these stretches.
“Pools of rainwater collect on the roads after a downpour.
“The runoff occasionally takes days to dry up, during which time sections of the asphalt get eaten away by these fluids, leaving ‘holes’ in these stretches.”
She said the agency was weighing up the possibility of having “cross culverts” installed beneath these roads as these structures might go some way to mitigating the ponding problem.
In the case of Lorong Bunga Matahari, the spokeswoman said a letter would be sent to the concessionaire about the irregularities related to this stretch.
She said City Hall was not oblivious to the deteriorating condition of the road.
“Our RPG noted that the white line running down the median could barely be seen, if not was missing altogether, when they inspected the stretch towards the end of September,” she said.
“Our personnel 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 verbally apprised of these observations, shortly after this check, and urged to take the necessary action as soon as possible.
“Given as how five months have passed and the defects still remain, we had no choice but to officially urge the company to accord some priority to attend to the road.”
