The Selangor state government says it will expand the use of glow-in-the-dark road markings to 15 other locations within all nine districts in the state, The Star reports. According to state infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Izham Hashim, the initiative will cover some 15 km of roads in districts such as Sepang, Kuala Langat and Petaling.
In a social media post, he said the glow-in-the-dark road markings, which will be painted on roads without any street lights, will be carried out in stages. While there was no indication of a timeline for the project, he said that the initiative would cost about RM900,000 to implement.
He said that the initiative is in line with the ‘Selangor Bercahaya’ programme, which to date has seen the installation of 600 LED street lamps throughout Selangor. He added that RM150 million has been allocated for additional LED street lamps to be put in place this year.
In November last year, the Hulu Langat public works department (JKR Hulu Langat) carried out the installation of glow-in-the-dark road markings in Hulu Langat in Semenyih, Selangor. The works ministry stated at the time that the pilot project involved 245 m of road with 490 m of glow-in-the-dark road markings painted, serving as an alternative to the use of road studs or “cats’ eyes”.
However, its costs are very high compared to conventional road marking methods. In January, works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said the photoluminescent paint cost RM749 per square metre compared to RM40 per square metre for conventional road marking paint.
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RM749 per sq m?? It’s probably more cost effective to install solar street lamps instead.
PN PAS time, it will cost RM 74,900 per sq m
In pictures it looks bright but actual seen with naked eyes it is nothing to shout.
It might be cheaper but maybe not as much as you imagine when you include all the logistics and installation. Although the paint is expensive implementing it will be cheap. It’s paint. No clearing of road sides, no pillars to put up, no assembly and wiring to do, no tree overgrowth to worry about.
There’s a place for both alternatives. There are places where solar lighting would be better, while there are other scenarios where phosphorescent paint is the better investment. If you have to cut trees down so solar panels could work I think that is missing the point.
There is a lot of mouth to feed, ok? The cost isn’t that much (even if toilet paper is now more valuable than RM)
Paint is a lot cheaper than Solar freakin powered street lamps. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.
For our garmen leh, everything procured is EXPENSIVE. it didn’t matter whether it’s a torch light or a boat (assuming it gets delivered at all!)
The existing road paints are just as effective, with or without streetlamps – only if the authorities monitor and keep them in good conditions.
Sadly, one only need to drive (not chauffer driven) at night to see the stretches of road without proper markings. Where there are/were street lights, they are not kept in working conditions.
Goumen, pls give an answer before spending more tax monies without accountability?
Has anyone stopped to think how small a sq meter is?
And has goumen totalled up how much this exercise will total up to? OK lah , we Slangor can’t compare with DBKL punya street lamps – even so, RM749 / sq m ???
Mr PaulTan, can you help bring these comments to our minister?
maybe he didn’t have time to know what the macai are doing ?
This is good. Whole malaysia should have this.
shud use the funds to improve the road conditions 1st
When they were in Opposition they don’t have the money to spend willy nilly to do such things as glow in the dark roads, now they have access to taxpayer monies they go crazy with crazy projects. PH Govt has totally gone overboard.
You joking right? How else is Perutdua/Potong sell more crap if there is no write-off from accidents?
Clearly you don’t know anything about cars. Proton cars are safe and comparable to contis. Definitely more safe than tin milo Toyotas and Peroduas.
Yes, of course Potong cars are safe! That’s why they sell so many exclusively in Third World countries, Brunei is still Third World, at least for the rest of the world and especially to the people who coined the term! Meanwhile, there is simply no market for Potong cars even in agriculture First World countries! Most people are smart enough to work out that it’s better to buy a cheap, reliable and mostly safe alternative, e.g. Toyota. That’s why it’s the aspiration of most M40 to at least not drive a Potong/Perutdua. Even though, some B40 can be seen driving Toyotas but living in low cost housing area. Such is the irony.
Given our heavy rainfall, does anyone know how long the pilot project lasted to allow for proper evaluation, especially with a cost increase of 18 times?
Does the supplier give a warranty?
Or is it Open season, Contractor to paint, repaint and everytime bayar lagi je?
Same as mending potholes or resurfacing roads. Next heavy rain, all washed away!
Let’s have some answers – Minister Anthony
He said that the initiative is in line with the ‘Selangor Bercahaya’ programme
I didn’t know there was a “Selangor Bercahaya” program?
bercahaya meeans it has its own light? how is paiting a road with flourescent paint haeving its own light??
Perhaps they justified the paint is mixed with billions of dead fireflies harvested from famous Kuala Selangor wildlife?
arent a proper reflector on the road is more useful?
Increase taxes and reduce subsidies to spend on this? What the …
Currently many kerbs & roads have severely faded paint. Some are not even painted from day one.
We will appreciate if & when all road & kerb paint are duly painted & refreshed periodically.
Once proper than we can explore gliw in dark :(
What a waste if tax payers money. Just use the funds to repaint worn out lines, replace worn out reflective stickers / road signs and and install more cat’s eyes
Can also come and fix our roads in Selangor as well… Pls come to SUNGAI Buloh to see the patch work
Yup, I drive through the main road (Jln Kuala Selangor) and the light inductrial areas. Faded or non-existent road line, street lights came back on in time for GE, now off again. Oh Oh, speed humps, are they meant to catch cars by surprise? or suppose to be stripe painted to indicate their presence, to slow down?
Less new projects, make the old ones work first
not effective. just install more solar street lamp, thats better.
VRY good implementation in road area where without street light & especially during raining night.
Has everyone gone mad? Type reflective paint, which contains tiny glass spheres. Used for years, even Nippon Paint has such a product. Compared to luminous paint , cheap as chips and lasting (glass?)
Measured in M,
But priced in M2. Hahahaha
Time to change your quantity surveyor.
the Perak Roads have reflective Paint,
it works well, cheaper and effective.
this glowinDark what is the advantage?
So elephants can see where they are going and not get killed by lorries!
Its better to use the money to resurface the ugly tarmac instead.. pothole and uneven surface is everywhere…
Normal RM40 Also hard to paint. Now talking about this. If you use latar at night without any street lamps you can see the road clearly with new lines and cat eyes. Why need to waste almost 10 times the value. When glow in the dark does not work when there’s light around.
glow in the dark requires light to charge up. and will off in short period of time. as the sun gradually does down, so does the glow in the dark. by night the glow will not appear.