The Federal Government has allocated some RM17 billion to pave all roads within 30km radius of towns in Sabah by the year 2015. Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said the huge allocation was in line with the Government's vision and commitment to boost the State's infrastructure development. "We are aware that there are still many roads which have not been upgraded or paved in Sabah and there are also places in the rural areas which have no roads at all”. Mohd Zin said Sabah had 15,756km of roads of which 5,686km are paved roads and 9,635km gravel roads. The rest are laterite roads. "We hope to complete the project by 2015 or at the latest by 2017," he told reporters after a briefing on the State's infrastructure development here.- DAILY EXPRESS NEWS -23 Nov 2008
Bila saya membaca kenyataan ini, saya katakan “wah.. baguslah, kalau peruntukan ini betul-betul sampai ke sasaran”. Tapi saya terpegun sejenak, kenapa dalam radius 30km saja? Bagaimana pula jalanraya di kawasan yang jauh lebih dari 30km dari kawasan Bandar? Di mana sebenarnya keutamaan kerajaan, adakah jalanraya di kawasan Bandar atau pekan saja yang balik-balik di tar, tetapi lepas tiga bulan, rekahan dan lubang muncul lagi?..adakah penduduk luar Bandar tidak layak menikmati kemudahan jalanraya yang baik?..Bagaimana pula di kawasan Kadamaian? Dapatkah kita menikmati tampias peruntukan yang disediakan? Rupanya menikmati harga kemerdekaan itu amat susah sekali. Bagaimanapun kita harus/patut menikmati pembangunan selari dengan pendapatan dari sumber bumi yang telah kita jana.
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