{"id":6907,"date":"2015-06-20T17:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T09:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2015-06-20T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T13:19:48","slug":"damaged-road-at-puncak-borneo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=6907","title":{"rendered":"Damaged road at Puncak Borneo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Padawan Municipal council Chairman, Lo Khere Chiang said the temporary diversion of roads could be completed in only two days time along the stretch of Puncak Borneo between Kpg Karu, Kpg Bayur, Kpg Simuti and Kpg Sibakar and Kpg Begu once the two huts which was in the way of the new road were to be relocated.<\/p>\n<p>The road along the stretch caved in causing road erosion and blocking the shorter route to these kampongs. At the moment, the villagers have to use another route which is half an hour further away.<\/p>\n<p>Lo said the opening of the road to the public will undoubtedly bring a huge relief \u00a0for local commuters as well as tour operators.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out that he is always concerned when road erosions occurred in areas affecting villagers, Lo said it affected their daily lives as some of them would be cut off completely due to the only road they have there.<\/p>\n<p>He said in such occasion, the council would work with the JKR and their engineers to start investigation to ascertain the causes of failure and possible solutions to address the failed embankment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmbankment failure needs careful attention as the way water flows under the ground to cause this kind of failure is sometimes very unpredictable. As the project will take some time to complete with detail design considerations, a temporary road diversion was considered the best alternative to overcome immediate needs to relieve the many commuters daily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lo pointed out that with an alternative road, the issue of trespassing existing property has to be dealt with first. Thus, the need to demolish two huts to achieve the proposed access and compensation arises. He said he was thankful that though the efforts of Infrastructure development, Dato\u2019 Sri Michael Manyin, the compensation was resolved.<\/p>\n<p>On June 10, Lo said there was the mobilization of equipment to the site and earthworks started the next day where they cut and filled on two hills to allow a wider access for the proposed road diversion. An area was cut and leveled for the relocation of landowners&#8217; huts as part of the negotiated agreement.<\/p>\n<p>He said a\u00a0five feet wide culvert was laid on June 12 and earthworks continued, with the\u00a0 filling of a slope on the western side of the failed embankment,\u00a0 to widen the access of the proposed diversion.<\/p>\n<p>The whole major earthwork was done three days later and a temporary gravel access has been\u00a0constructed for motorcycles to use as an immediate relief to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJKR is now waiting for compensation to be disbursed to\u00a0owners of the affected huts and the relocation of these huts to proceed further. Once relocation exercise is complete, stones as road base will be laid and compacted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lo who is an engineer himself said the recent road collapses in Penrissen and Padawan proved that the relevant authorities need to relook at the construction of road designs to prevent such incidents.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested construction of more small bridges across road sections so that they could have intersecting waterways underneath which give more solid foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the Kpg Sadir bridge which collapsed after a lorry drove through it early March this year, Lo said villagers can now use the RM300,000 bailey bridge which was constructed and competed two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse of the bridge had affected 2,000 villagers and road users in Jalan Padawan Ulu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6908\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100-feet-of-road-diversion.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6908\" alt=\"100 feet of road diversion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100-feet-of-road-diversion-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100-feet-of-road-diversion-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100-feet-of-road-diversion-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100-feet-of-road-diversion.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">100 feet of road diversion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6909\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6909\" alt=\"kgp sadir bridge \" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-1.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">kgp sadir bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6910\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6910\" alt=\"kgp sadir bridge  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kgp-sadir-bridge-2.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">kgp sadir bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6911\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-two-huts-in-front-of-the-proposed-road-which-will-be-re-located.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6911\" alt=\"The two huts in front of the proposed road which will be re-located\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-two-huts-in-front-of-the-proposed-road-which-will-be-re-located-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-two-huts-in-front-of-the-proposed-road-which-will-be-re-located-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-two-huts-in-front-of-the-proposed-road-which-will-be-re-located-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-two-huts-in-front-of-the-proposed-road-which-will-be-re-located.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two huts in front of the proposed road which will be re-located<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Padawan Municipal council Chairman, Lo Khere Chiang said the temporary diversion of roads could be completed in only two days time along the stretch of Puncak Borneo between Kpg Karu, Kpg Bayur, Kpg Simuti and Kpg Sibakar and Kpg Begu once the two huts which was in the way of the new road were to be relocated. The road along the stretch caved in causing road erosion and blocking the shorter route to these kampongs. At the moment, the villagers have to use another route which is half an hour<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=6907\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6912,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions\/6912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}