KOTA KINABALU: Party Gagasan Rakyat Sabah deputy president Datuk Hiew King Cheu has called on the authorities to consider constructing an overhead pedestrian crossing linking the Inanam township to the area where the new police station is located.
Hiew in a statement said that the new police station is located opposite the Taipan shops and across the Jalan Tuaran dual carriageway, making it dangerous to those wishing to cross the road to get to the station.
“The Inanam police station is housed in a new building situated just next to the Inanam round about, Telekom sub-station and opposite the Inanam Taipan shops across the Jalan Tuaran dual carriage way. This is going to be a busy police station in Inanam serving a large population.
“We are grateful that the Inanam Police Station is finally completed after many years of request made.
But after observing the surrounding area and receiving public comments, I noticed that the difficulty for the people to get into the police station on foot from the Inanam town and Taipan shops, because it is difficult and dangerous to cross the busy Jalan Tuaran with cars rushing on both sides of the road,” he said.
In view of this, Hiew requested the authorities and PWD to look into the immediate need to build an overhead foot-bridge for the convenient and safety of the people to get across to the police station.
He is of the opinion that it is essential for the foot bridge to be put up before the police station is put into operation.