The Mega Road Resurfacing 2024 large-scale road resurfacing project throughout the state of Selangor will commence in two weeks, beginning with asphalt core testing to ensure compliance with aggregate thickness, The Star has reported.
Asphalt core testing is important for the evaluation of quality, durability and thickness of compacted asphalt core sections, which ensures the road’s structural integrity, said Selangor infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Izham Hashim.
“Core testing will be done at random spots and if issues are found in the newly resurfaced road, it will allow for readjustment to better the road’s density, long-life and performance,” Izham said. The core test on freshly laid roads is a standard operating procedure to ensure it meets road construction standards, he added.
“The MRR 2024 project allocation is RM20 million to ensure the roads guarantee users’ safety. Road resurfacing works where most damages were reported will be carried out simultaneously throughout Selangor through the additional allocation of the Malaysian Road Records Information System (Marris). It will involve all routes, including state, local and village roads,” Izham said.
In 2021, some 60% of roads in Selangor alone have been found to be structurally damaged, or ‘expired’, leading to issues such as potholes and tarmac degradation. This has been attributed primarily to two factors; old roads, and overloaded lorries, and many roads in Selangor are between 30 to 40 years of age, according to the report at the time.
Meanwhile on the federal level, the works ministry has historically received a budget of around RM1 billion every year, whereas approximately RM4 billion is the sum required for the maintenance of all federal roads in the country.
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“This has been attributed primarily to two factors; old roads, and overloaded lorries.”
Are we Malaysians sure that “crony contractors” are not the 3rd factor?
guys lets all install “myjalan kkr” and complaint kaw2 about the roads
After resurfaced the next day the utility contractor eill start digging. And this is not coincident
by reading your sequence of events, there is a possibility that the resurfacing work caused the damage to the utility infra?
This road resurfacing project
A) Stringent monitoring on the contractors executing the work must be on place
B) Be informed of these scumbags harassing adjavent residents for payments “to pave up to their driveways” for a fee. Rates of RM850 to RM1,800 are being solicited. Threats of “otherwise in front of your house, ‘air takung’ “.
Shoddy patching and then left the place without QC.
One of the countries having bad road condition.
nkve after resurface bumpier than before
So is this gonna rectify the tampal mentality of road surfacing we see everywhere? Most older housing estates and roads can see the road level already increased nearly 3-4 inches from the original level. Are they going to korek the road and lay road base properly after mega exercise identifies trouble spots?
After resurfacing, one week later another idiot contractor will dig up the nicely surfaced road and do a bad patching…..whoila bad road for the rest of the year with potholes emerging.
Welcome to malaysia…land of cronies and no enforcement.
it’s nice initiative but need to people to supervise the project every week or month. if want to go cheap, can let civilians report the damage or lack of effort on their area.
very good improvement,
usually potholes happen @ weak zone only, instead of depending on overall quality. It is no meaning to repair what is not broken right?
hence sample should be taken @ weak zone, especially Manhole/Underground Cable/Pipe trenches that simply resurfaced in short period of time overnight.
then potholes usually at the random weak spot then the core sample should go deeper to include study of the base potentially weaker than other zone too.