Kota Kinabalu: The construction of 15 packages in Phase 1 of the Sabah Pan Borneo Highway project is scheduled for completion by the end of next year, said deputy chief minister Shahelmey Yahya.
PAPAR District Council and City Hall (DBKK) technicians were urged to step up their surveillance of Jalan Papar Spur and Taman Luyang after problems with the photocells for the streetlights left these areas poorly lit for some time, recently.
The Penampang District Council, meanwhile, hopes to restore the illumination along a section of Jalan Bundusan by next month, once a new control panel for the streetlights here has been installed.
This action follows feedback from a Papar motorist and homeowners – in Luyang and Penampang – about irregularities involving the public lighting at these locations.
The former couldn’t understand why the streetlights on Jalan Papar Spur were switched on during the day but not at night.
The Luyang ratepayer said most of the common areas around her neighbourhood were shrouded in darkness as the lights only functioned intermittently
District Council technicians are keeping an eye on a Papar main road and Penampang neighbourhood as electrical problems have been disrupting the public lighting in these respective areas, on and off, for months.
A Papar District Council spokesman said the wet weather around the town had contributed to the streetlight woes along Jalan Papar Spur
A PAPAR motorcyclist, who collided with a dog and was thrown from his bike earlier this month, has spoken out about the hazards posed by the lack of illumination along the main road in the district where this occurred