JALAN BAHAR (Metalling of reserved portion)

Mr Ho Kah Leong asked the Minister for Law and National Development whether the Government will now consider it necessary to metal the reserved portion of Jalan Bahar in the Jurong Constituency in view of the traffic along that portion of the road.

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, at present the entire length of Jalan Bahar, that is to say, from its junction with Jurong Road to its junction with Choa Chu Kang Road, has a 24-foot wide carriage-way and this carriage-way is considered adequate at the moment for the present volume of vehicular traffic. The second carriageway reserved will, therefore, not be constructed for the present or in the immediate future.