BRINCHANG residents want the authorities to scrap the one-way traffic system introduced last year as they say it has created various problems.
Longtime resident and president of the Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands, Ramakrishnan Ramasamy, said the one-way redesignation had made the streets more difficult for the Pahang residents to commute.
“When the road system was changed from two-way to one-way traffic, it made driving more hazardous, with a number of road accidents occurring.
“We don’t think the redesignation was necessary,” Ramasamy said.
He said the authorities should revert the road to two-way traffic on normal days when the traffic was lighter compared with weekends.
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Cameron Highlands police chief Deputy Superintendent Hasadid A. Hamid said road users would be confused if the road system was reverted to a two-way traffic.
He said the decision was reached by the Cameron Highlands district-level committee comprising all local government agencies in a meeting last year.
“Based on monitoring by government agencies, including the Public Works Department and police, we have concluded that the one-way traffic rule has brought positive results.”
Hasadid said peak-hour traffic congestion had been reduced significantly since the trial stage of the one-way system began on March 17, last year. He said locals and tourists had also given positive feedback on the one-way traffic flow.