SINGAPORE: Ms Zuraida Abdul Rahman Gulam and her family were on the way home from a late dinner last Sunday evening when they quite literally hit a bump in the road.
As her husband took the exit and approached the first left turn into Tampines Avenue 1, the road surface, which covered with puddles, became even more difficult to see. This was when he hit another pothole.“I really thought my husband ran over a rock or fallen branch,” Ms Zuraida said of the second jolt. “We were thankful that we managed to reach home safely.”
Potholes in roads start as cracks on the road surface, which occur as part of normal wear and tear, the authority told CNA. The continuous pressure from vehicles further weaken the road's already damaged foundation, making the potholes"grow bigger and bigger", said Mr Rajan Krishnan, chief executive at construction firm KTC Group.
GrabFood delivery rider Mr Mar, 27, told CNA he hit a pothole last Saturday evening as he was sending his 15th order of the day to Pasir Ris amid a torrential downpour. When asked if there was any way to prevent potholes from forming in the first place, Mr Krishnan said they are"sure to happen here and there" given that Singapore has thousands of kilometres of roads."The roads are subjected to heavy traffic load every hour of the day ... so even the smallest cracks can grow very fast especially during the rainy weather when there's water everywhere.
"There may be other potholes very near each other," he said, pointing out that visibility is already poor."You cannot drive at the normal speed."
Typical lazy political entities! Don’t blame this on the weather, roads are supposedly built to withstand them! Poor quality control and workmanship! People in charge don’t know what they are doing, sloppy.
It happens the same around the world ...... kena water sure like that
state of our country today singapore
Yup, many..
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