KUCHING: The Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) plans to lay a speed breaker marking (yellow transverse bar) to ease traffic flow along Jalan Desa Wira here.
It is said that house owners in the Desa Wira housing estate are urging the local authority to build road humps along Jalan Desa Wira to ease their daily predicament of driving out of their lane into the main road.
MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang in a statement today (May 20) stated that construction of road humps might not be suitable for heavy traffic road.
He pointed out that the rapid development in Batu Kawah and completion of Jalan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Wee Boon Ping, formerly known as Jalan Stephen Yong Link had contributed to the increase in traffic volume using Jalan Desa Wira.
Jalan Desa Wira is a road linking Jalan Tan Sri Datuk Wee Boon Ping to Jalan Matang Batu Kawah and acts as a shortcut.
“The council has taken actions to do the road marking (yellow box) at the junction for each lane or lorong and maintains it regularly.
“There are 18 lanes (lorong) along Jalan Desa Wira, so constructing road humps may not be suitable for a heavy traffic road as it may cause inconveniences to road users.
“The council will take into consideration to lay a speed breaker before the yellow box to slow down the speed of vehicles which can allow those from the other lanes to get into Jalan Desa Wira,” he said.
Lo reminded the road users to be mindful and considerate to others especially to the vehicles coming out from the junction.
