The MRR2 Is A Disaster Waiting to Happen
Anyone using the MRR2 (Middle Ring Road 2) that connects Kepong to would probably notice at how uneven and suspiciously fragile it looks. At times when on the MRR2 I would think to myself "This thing looks like it may just collapse from under me".
And for the second time, it showed sings that it just may happen one day. The STAR reports.
[..] Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohd gave this assurance following a scare when three panels of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) fell from Pillar 28 of the highway yesterday morning.
Motorists were shocked when the panels fell from the pillar at 7.25am causing a 3km congestion that lasted for several hours. The ramp was temporarily closed.
[..] Mohd Zin said an investigation would be carried out on the incident which came two years after RM70mil was spent to repair cracks that appeared on 31 of the 33 pillars. The highway was re-opened in 2006.
[..] It is learnt that the German consultants responsible for the repairs on the 31 pillars had been told to fly in and fix the problem.
I highly doubt that the Germans were at fault. Perhaps they were actually Malaysians living in German?
More likely, they were told to listen to how the people in charge want it to be done, instead of listening to their expertise on how to fix it.
Classic case of hiring an expert and then telling him what to do, perhaps?
Perhaps repairing a mistake is more costly and ensuring it was done properly in the first place?
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