KOTA KINABALU, April 15 -- More than half of the roads in Sabah have exceeded their intended lifespan, said State Works Minister Datuk Ir Shahelmey Yahya.

He said the economic development driven by the government's achievements has spurred high economic activity, and when these roads exceed their life cycles, such activities coupled with increased traffic flow, overloaded vehicles and weather factors pose a set of challenges to his ministry.

The minister explained that normally, his side would carry out patching or heavy patching on roads with potholes, but for roads that have exceeded their lifespan and whose structure has been disrupted, patching is not the solution but rather, an overall resurfacing or rehabilitation is required.

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