Following the Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) recent announcement to revamp the city, Alliance for Safe Community (Ikatan) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye noted that the council should also focus on improving road quality and not just beautify the city’s iconic buildings.
According to a report by the New Straits Times, Lee said the state of roads in KL were affected by numerous construction projects over the years, and this is coupled with inconsistent or poor maintenance work.
“I have received many reports from the public that major roads conditions such as Jalan Tun Razak were left unmaintained and other main roads affected by construction sites were uneven after the job was done,” Lee told the publication.
“Recently DBKL announced that there will be renovations to touch up the heritage buildings in Kuala Lumpur, including the Supreme Court. While the move is laudable, there is a concern about the city’s roads that are uneven and some with potholes. DBKL should turn its attention to the issue. It is about the safety of users,” he added.
Lee also emphasised that DBKL shouldn’t just monitor main roads, but also those within residential areas. The council was given RM120 million by the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry to upgrade several iconic buildings in the city, which include the old Federated Malay States (FMS) Survey Office and Supreme Court.
After the upgrade, DBKL planned to make the century-old cluster of colonial buildings at the junction of Jalan Raja and Jalan Tun Perak accessible to the public for free.
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hai – hari lalu kat jalan tun razak..rosak absorber
Tolong semak tempat projek MRT. Buka longkang di tengah2 jalan pon ada
More usage public transport & congestion charge,
Renamed the road it’s jinx cursed will break and your absorber will be back to tip top condition.
Do it the right way
potholes in KL city has been a norm and we’ve learn to live with it. this is not a new problem that DBKL isn’t aware of.
The problem with this gomen is their aim for cheapest cost possible. What that would do is getting substandard contractors with the lowest bids, resulting in poor materials and shoddy workmanship done by unqualified workers. I even saw once a road repair contract team using boys as young as 12 shoveling tarmac, and this is just unacceptable as child labour have been banned since Independence, but somehow this exploitative practice is creeping back.
Totally agree. DBKL roads are mostly ok unlike roads in Selangor which are terrible.
The pothole photo looks like a penis
How about we relativize BOTH the historical/old buildings AND fix the roads?
Yes obama, lets make historical/old buildings AND fix the roads as relatives
Not only roads filled with potholes but also road signage blocked by trees shrubs and lamp post. Ironically many roads marker and lines are either missing or faded.
Stringly agree on the road markers.
Please scrap off the old layer before lay a new layer of tarmac, and a thick new layer.
The authorities should also catch and fine those cements mixer trucks that spill their cement mix onto the road or ask the perpetrator to repave the road at their own cost!
hahahaha……are potholes problem even new and news to DBKL? Despite the blind cannot see, they could still feel the huge potholes when traveling in vehicles at KL.
The DBKl officers are too busy roaming KL after business ppl to carik “makan” and looking for “kopi marney”. Potholes just give them more work, without any benefits.
Tired of see these everyday. and 2020.
Enhance the Roadbase.
about time.