Over 50,000 potholes nationwide patched up in 2024

Over 50,000 potholes nationwide patched up in 2024

Over 50,000 federal road potholes were patched up last year, including 3,955 in the peninsula and 51,949 in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, the works ministry has said, according to a report by The Star.

“We are committed to ensuring federal roads are always in safe conditions through conducting routine maintenance rounds throughout the year,” it said today, adding that potholes are also monitored through an online system that ensures they are patched between one and three days once identified.

Over 50,000 potholes nationwide patched up in 2024

“All repairs must be done in accordance with the specifications and procedures set by the public works department (JKR),” the ministry wrote in reply to Balik Pulau MP Datuk Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik, who asked about efforts to ensure pothole repairs are done properly.

It was reported last year that over 16,000 complaints were received through the MyJalan app from its August 2023 launch to July 5, 2024. Besides broken roads, you can use the app to report malfunctioning traffic lights, street lamps, signboards, road furniture and public facilities – here’s how to use it.

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Comments

  • Patched on Feb 06, 2025 at 1:39 pm

    Patching the pothole to become a small mountain and causing more water collection on other parts of the road.

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    • Dah Menang Semua on Feb 06, 2025 at 3:28 pm

      U know they still
      Unable to mend the
      Boat-riding road in
      Front of Parliament
      To KL Sentral …

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  • Patching the hole is one thing. The patching quality is another. A lot of time the vibration when driving one the patching is the same as running over the pothole.

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  • ROTI CANAI on Feb 06, 2025 at 2:47 pm

    Ok another 500,000 holes more to patch

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  • Susukotak on Feb 06, 2025 at 2:56 pm

    Ye ke 50000? Ada spesifikasi ke?
    Cuba lalu jalan kuantan oekan.. lhbang boleh gegar organ yang bertampal.. lubang ke alam lain pun banyak. Yang hebatnya.. dia letak tanda.. ” Jalan Rosak” tapi baikinya tak

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  • Leonhart on Feb 07, 2025 at 8:10 am

    half of it were patch on top of the other several days after the original one.

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  • Eric Kua on Feb 07, 2025 at 5:42 pm

    Patch like no patch ..spend a lot on maintenance..Road are horrible in the klang valley area..Constantly running into pot holes..Plsss engage a more professional road PATCHER and the digging here and there makes it more horrible to drive..Just don’t know what to say..

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