I AM one of the thousands of residents in Malacca who live in Taman Merdeka, which is just behind the Malacca airport now undergoing renovations to expand the runway.

Just a few days ago, one of the two roads into this housing estate was closed.

Residents, including those working in the factories in the area, were left with only one access road.

One can only imagine the massive jam that will take place when they close another road along the end of the airport for land filling.

Now, it takes no less than 25 minutes to reach the junction to access the main road.

The school session will be starting soon and I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the children are late for school because of the traffic crawl.

The developer of the project and the authorities concerned should have provided a temporary access road leading in and out of this housing estate well before they closed the present road along the airport.

I hope the authorities will look into this matter and take action before school reopens.

We are all for development but not if it becomes a nuisance to us.

FRANCIS LEONG, Malacca

Source: NST – December 19, 2007