Repair Works To Improve Road Safety Underway
By Hussin HJ

Bandar Seri Begawan - Repair works are underway at Muara-Tutong highway, close to a site where a fatal road accident occurred recently and killed a young woman.

According to one of the workers at the location, the broken barriers will be replaced and extended as far as the U-turn point of entry upfront as added safety measures to reduce serious accidents in this accident-prone area.

The move is timely but more repair works are needed at other potentially dangerous stretches and bends in an effort to minimise the frequency of road mishaps in the future.

Road users are therefore advised to heed safety warnings and signs while repair works are being carried out at the area. In the Sunday's accident, a woman passenger was killed when a car she was travelling in smashed into a central road divider.

The driver was reported to have lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into the safety divider. The car eventually landed on its side and an exposed metal barrier pierced through the car.

They were believed to be heading towards Bandar Seri Begawan when the accident occurred. Many road users have expressed uneasiness over the gruesome incident and their grievances were highlighted in the local media on possible loose safety measures which inadvertently invite unexpected consequences.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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