THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development has called on the general public to take ownership of the newly constructed road.

PS Henry Murray made the call after the official opening of the soft component of the project yesterday.

“The only thing we asked from people is to take ownership of all these new facilities. We must cooperate with each other on how to use all these facilities.

“Don’t just spit betel-nut on the road and drivers must also try to use the road properly.

“We must work together to look after the road so that the facilities can meet the purpose it deserve to be.

“It’s very important that these facilities are gift from some people to us and it’s very important to honor it,” he said.

Adding that this is to show investors that their investment is being taken care of and is benefiting the public.

“We must proud of the facilities and take great care of them so that it can last for our uses,” Mr Murray said

He said for now since public are not yet familiar with the use of the road, police will continue to assist the public and vehicle drivers on how to use the road.

He also added that there are numbers of newly constructed bus bays made and bus drivers must properly use them.

He said buses are only allowed to spend two minutes to do drop-offs and picking and leave so that chances are given to other buses.

“And for the designated crossing area opposite of central market will only control by police and not for public to cross on their own when police are not controlling the crossing area.

“That means public are ask only to use the underpass for crossing and not anywhere along the road,” Mr Murray said.