Done or Not Done Yet?

Sungai Asap folk urge govt to repair road
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 13/05/2008 - 10:29.
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Sibu - Residents from 15 longhouses in the Sungai Asap resettlement area near Bakun are appealing to the relevant authority to repair and maintain the Bintulu-Sungai Asap Road.
Speaking on their behalf, Danny Bungan, welfare chairman of the village security and development committee (JKKK) of Rumah Belor said many stretches along the road were now riddled with potholes and in deplorable state.
“The road has not been maintained for a long time,” he said.
Danny added to make matters worse, the settlers numbering about 10,000 share the road with trailers and giant timber lorries belonging to companies operating in the area.
“Those of us driving in smaller cars really feel intimidated by these lorries. We are wondering whether these lorries should be allowed to share the road as we feel, they should for the safety of the public, use alternative roads,” he said.
Danny said many requests for repair of the road had been made to the government but he regretted so far nothing much had been done.
He said it was extremely dangerous to use the road at night especially when it rained.
A number of accidents had happened when drivers trying to avoid the potholes, braked their vehicles and skidded due to the slippery or uneven surfaces.
“We really hope the government can do something about the road as soon as possible as Gawai Dayak holidays are approaching and traffic along this road will increase,” he pointed out.