THE state government should review guidelines to get developers to build wider roads in housing schemes for easier access, especially during emergencies.
Seberang Prai Municipal councillor Ahmad Farid Md Arshad said the present minimum requirement of a 12m-wide road in front of a house and 4.8m-wide back lane was too narrow.
He said that in many housing schemes, house owners often had more than one car, and most of the vehicles ended up parked on the road shoulder in front of their houses.
“This may prevent ambulances and fire-engines from gaining quick access to the houses,” he said after attending a full council meeting recently.
He also said local authorities should not blindly accept new housing scheme plans submitted by developers.
He said that due consideration must be given to the traffic flow in the scheme as well as the roads and drains that connect the scheme with other existing schemes in the area.
Council president Maimunah Mohd Sharif said that in some gated housing schemes, the developers tended to use more land for green areas instead of for backlanes, which is allowed,” she said.
Maimunah said the housing projects approved by the council had so far abided by all the technical requirements.
She said she would pass on the people’s concerns about the existing road guidelines to the state. - The Star
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