‘60% of S’gor roads have ‘expired’’

A trailer slows as it drives by a pothole in Lebuhraya Pulau Indah. Overloaded heavy vehicles are a major contributor to road defects as they cause significant damage and shorten the lifespan of roads. - Filepic

SOME 60% of roads in Selangor are “expired” and many are structurally damaged, causing issues such as potholes and cracks to be a never-ending problem.

State infrastructure and public amenities, agricultural modernisation and agro-based industry committee chairman Izham Hashim said many of these roads were between 30 and 40 years old and past due for an upgrade.