Padawan Municipal Council will install street lighting at the most needed areas with the RM450, 000 allocation from the state government for the purpose.
Council chairman Lo Khere Chiang said the council had received several requests for the installation of street lighting, but could not fulfil all due to limited fund.
“The council has received lots of requests from villages for the installation of street lighting, but while we sympathise with them, we just cannot entertain all the requests due to fund constraint.
“But with the RM450,000 allocation from the state government, we will install them (street lighting) at the much needed areas,” Lo told a press conference yesterday.
Lo thanked the state government for the increased allocation from RM100, 000 that the council received previously.
Lo explained that the council could not install street lighting without the allocation because doing so would prevent other projects like tar-sealing of roads, drainage works and grass-cutting from being carried out.
Source: The Borneo Post
