Jalan Lahat expansion to be ready by year-end - Star

July 18, 2009

THE Ipoh City Council will widen a 50m stretch of Jalan Lahat in Ipoh from two to four lanes to ease the traffic congestion there.

Datuk Bandar Datuk Roshidi Hashim said the stretch from the Jalan Lahat-Jalan Falim junction to the front of a driving school in Menglembu was narrow and prone to traffic jam.

Speaking to reporters after a meet-the-people session at Menglembu near Ipoh on Wednesday, he said the project would be completed by year-end.

Roshidi was responding to a proposal by councillor Dr Lee Mun Toong during the meeting.

He also said Jalan Lahat and other major roads in Menglembu and Falim would be resurfaced.

On another matter, Roshidi warned night market traders in Menglembu not to litter but to throw their rubbish into garbage bins.

“If they refuse to keep the area clean, we will revoke their licences,” he said, adding that they should maintain the cleanliness of their trading area.

He stressed that the public should stop littering and help keep the city clean.