It took Express to end this 7-year nightmare

It took Express to end this 7-year nightmare

A series of special reports in the Daily Express on the matter the last several weeks were all that was needed to push officialdom, after seven years of complaints failed.

But the problem may not be over yet because the concrete deflector does look rather too small in case of an overwhelming torrent from a real deluge.

What is a bit more reassuring though is JKR has also finally sealed the large hole ripped apart from the top of the 50-ft concrete retaining wall during a flood several months ago.

The big hole exposed the soil behind the towering retaining wall to open percolation of rainfall this predisposing earth movement which could destabilise the wall itself .

According to the Chan family of Lot 11, 9 Lorong Palas, a rupture at the base of the wall did occur a couple of years back, oozing an alarming amount of mud out into the garden, igniting a worry that the wall could face collapse.

The rupture was disturbing enough to draw a visit from the Director General of City Hall, Datuk Yeo Boon Hai.

Although the two remedial responses from JKR were a bit satisfying for both the Chans and the Daily Express, it still didn't solve the big ponding problem on the Shantung Road above the wall.

Ponding at this critical spot may indeed cause a lot of storm water to percolate into the subgrade of the road and get transported through underground pores and saturate the soil behind the wall with excessive moisture.

The JKR must now work to eliminate the regular ponding at this high risk section of the forest road elevated high above KK city.

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It took Express to end this 7-year nightmare