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Concrete spills make it a bumpy and risky ride

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:36 AM PST

I MUST bring to the attention of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) the nuisance and danger posed by concrete mixer trucks dropping wet concrete along public roads while transporting the material to construction sites.

The concrete that spills from these trucks not only damages roads but the deposits on the ground also pose a major risk to road users, especially motorcyclists.

For example, barely a week after the launch of the new viaduct connecting Jalan Chan Sow Lin to Jalan Tun Razak, near Pudu, the newly paved stretch was damaged by wet concrete that had spilled from trucks, leaving motorists with a bumpy ride.

Concrete deposits on the road also cause damage to the wheels and tyres of vehicles.

The worst affected areas are Jalan Chan Sow Lin, Sungai Besi and Cheras, where a number of concrete batching plants are located.

I once saw a motorcyclist falling off his machine when he hit into a big lump of concrete deposit on the road.

The problem is attributed to overloading and lack of safety measures on the part of the truck drivers to prevent the material from spilling over.

Action needs to be taken to put a halt to this nuisance and public danger.

City Hall should act against concrete batching plants and order them to rectify the problem before more damage is done to our roads and more road users are put in danger.

TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE,

Kuala Lumpur

Look into Old Town market’s messy state

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:36 AM PST

Thank you for the story on Taman Selera food court in Petaling Jaya Old Town. Since March 2012, I have sent numerous emails to Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and the councillors, urging them to visit the PJ Old Town market and see for themselves the condition.

However, but no one has taken heed, even after I sent photographs of the wet market in Sibu, Sarawak, for them to emulate.

Sibu is only a town whereas Petaling Jaya is a city and has been one for more than six years now!

Problems at this wet market include:

·The traders have extended their stalls/displays and encroached onto more than 50% of the space meant for members of the public doing their shopping.

They are now forced to weave through the narrow spaces and compete with trolleys and huge baskets;

·Despite its name, the wet market does not have to be wet; the Taman Tun Dr Ismail market is a good example. The PJ Old Town market floor is wet and slippery. As the flooring was not properly done, there are areas where water is stagnant.

I have offered suggestions to overcome this problem, but so far nothing has been done. I know of senior citizens who have slipped and fallen in the market, and have now stopped going to that market for fear of falling again;

·The floodlights around the market had not been functioning for years. But recently, through the effort of a Good Samaritan, Anthony Stanislaus, the lights are working again;

·I have also raised the issue of stall hygiene with MBPJ but to no avail!;

·Some of the stalls in the adjoining food court have been having problems with water supply for years. Plates are being washed in pails of water because of low water pressure from the taps.

MBPJ deemed it prudent to send a group to China last year.

Shouldn't that group be visiting our PJ Old Town wet market and using their experience to find solutions to the dirty and messy wet market as well as the food court?

MBPJ was one of three local councils to have adopted the Local Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development for the 21st Century some 12 years ago, which includes methodology for the resolution of problems within communities.

After 12 years of implementation of Local Agenda 21, why hasn't MBPJ used this methodology to help the PJ Old Town market community to develop an action plan in consultation with all the stakeholders?

Let us not just display slogans on billboards along highways. Can we not make an effort to give some meaning to the council's slogan "Bandaraya Petaling Jaya, Bandaraya Bestari"?

Instead of spending the money on billboards, spend it where it is most needed. Let us re-read MBPJ's vision and mission statements for the city.

I hope our new Datuk Bandar Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad will turun padang and see how some areas of our city look like, and help sort out the priorities.

P.S. NATHAN,

Damansara Utama

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Khamis, 7 Mac 2013

The Star Online: Metro: Central

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