The road conditions and system

The road conditions and system                              13Jan2013

          How well / poorly the BN government perform in the following public sectors  should be the criteria key factors to access them.  As people we have to know the private developments and public developments are two different things though the government policies can affect the private developments adversely.  But here let’s investigate and study the public developments to access and evaluate our BN government ruling 56 years at federal level and ?? years at the state level. 

In Sarawak, it is 50 years.  So, it is 56-50, it seems so stable and conducive for development.  However, this stability and conduciveness fall short in terms of quality and it is also lack of the practice of democracy.  It is well-marked with severe corruption and collusion in every aspect you can name.  The whole system of government practices is more inclined to autocracy for the good and benefits of the few who wield the power.  So we only witness the few have become mega-wealthy at the expense of the mass.

          The criteria key areas of the public sectors to access are:  the road conditions and system, public transport, cost of living, job opportunities, medical services, housing conditions and the prices of the house, education and school facilities, security (high crime rate), management of resources (to benefit majority, not the privileged crowned few), fishing industry,  food security and cleanliness, water and electricity supplies and other infrastructures.

           Here let’s discuss the road conditions and system everywhere in Sarawak. 

A good road system like a good system of democracy is constructed to facilitate and benefit  people / road users.  Good road system and conditions also reflect a good system of government.  Who is not upset with the road conditions in Sarawak?  Stand out to tell us.  Let’s grade our road conditions into 5 bands: A (80%-100%); B (60% - 79%); C (40% - 59%); D (20% - 39%) and E (0% - 19%). 

          The roads in Grade A bracket should have the right width to cater heavy-duty vehicles and are tar-sealed properly.  They have the well-built drains on both sides.  They also have motorcyclist lanes along side, knowing that high % of our road users are motorcyclists.  Don’t turn blind eyes to this hard fact.  Count how many kilometres of road in Sarawak are in this category. 

The roads in Grade B bracket also have the right width and tar-sealed properly.  They also have the well-built drains on both sides but they don’t have motorcyclist lanes alongside. 

The roads in Grade C bracket, well, do not have the right width and are tar-sealed.  But they only have a drain on one side.  The roads in Grade D bracket do not have the right width but are tar-sealed.  You can hardly find the drain on either side of the roads.  The roads in Grade E bracket do not have the width and are not tar-sealed.  They have no drains at all.  The roads in Grade E category turn muddy during rainy seasons.  I wonder what the width of the roads is in general in Sarawak?

          Now  let’s grade the roads in Sarawak.  What grades of road are you using?  What % can you give for each grade of the road conditions in Sarawak?   Well, based on personal observations, experiences and informal studies through my glances on the reports in the mass media of the road conditions, there are only 20% for the roads in Grade C bracket; 60% in Grade D bracket and 20% in Grade E bracket.  What do you think, my brethren, young and old, male and female?

          Please refer the few reports of road conditions in the Borneo Post to view if you don’t have much ideas.  Here we go:  ‘Narrow road deters travellers from making a stop at Sri Aman’ (Thursday, 10Jan2013. Home. Pg.10 )  Imagine the congestion and traffic jam and time-waste when the two-lane road fails to fulfil the function to ensure the smooth flow of the traffic.  On the same page, you can also find “Sungai Moyan Road in urgent need of repair” which is about 1.8km long in Kuching which has been in a dismal state for almost a year despite the plead and complaints.  Again on the same page, you will see “Residents want to know why road tarring not finished”  It is about ‘spotty-dotty’ work done so much to the frustration and exasperation of the people there.

          On the report “Residents want road to be widened” (Friday, 11Jan2013. Home Pg13), you will find how fast and often the narrow road kills the road users and how many road users have been involved in the fatal road accidents.  I think we people should chain the neck of Michael Manyin and Yong Khoon Seng to pull them here and there to witness the road conditions.  We should make them kneel down to say sorry especially Michael Manyin who always pointed finger at road users for causing 60%  of fatal road accidents.  He never sees how Grade C and D road conditions cause the 80% of fatal road accidents.  What a damned fool we elected! 

          Do we have well-connected road system?  Our friends in Marudi, Lawas, Belaga, ……………. will tell us better how much time they take to reach the nearest town.  I often wonder why our BN leaders like Fadillah, Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, James Masing, Abang Johari, Wong Soon Koh, Peter Chin, Taib Mahmud………. Still dare to pow-bow and howl so much before us, not knowing how disgusted we feel towards them.

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