Bumpy ride: Road users say potholes, which are harder to notice at night and during flash floods, are a dangerous and costly problem they encounter on a daily basis.
GEORGE TOWN: Each month, hotel employee Zainal Amri Abdul Aziz would set aside hundreds of ringgit for repairs to his motorcycle.
“Although it is only a short distance of 5km from my house in Sungai Pinang to the hotel in town, I have to be careful as several stretches throughout the journey are uneven and bumpy due to potholes, ” he said.
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