Waste Plastic can save lives

Every holiday there are countless of accidents on our roads due to negligence by the drivers as reported in the media.

The Public Works Department (PWD) or Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) is a government department which constructs and maintain public infrastructure in Malaysia, should take full responsibility to explain to the people this is only half true.

In the good olden days our road surfaces used Tarmac (short for tarmacadam, a portmanteau for tar-penetration macadam). Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901.

Today tar are modified with the addition of small amount of cement, resin and pitch but here our PWD or JKR have compromised using bigger amount of cement being cheaper and on the insistence of our ex-Prime Minister Mahathir who had personal interest with Kedah Cement then and Samy who had a percentage of commission of everything involving expenditure in that department.

Cement is a binder to bind other materials together. Too much of cement is not good for our roads due to the hot and wet weather in this country. It tends to crack easily which can cause sink holes and uneven surfaces and when wet, roads tend to be slippery.

It is never too late for the G.O.D if the will is strong to right the wrong done by the old administration regarding the lives of all Malaysians. Due to Global Warming our G.O.D can also look into using Waste Plastics in road construction. Waste plastic is cheaper and tests done on condition of the roads are found to be better.

Is the G.O.D willing?