I’m not an expert on highways or infrastructure, but I drive a lot because of necessity, and also because I like being on the road. I’ve done at least 1.5 million kilometres in my life, and I have a bad back and knees and rather diminished retirement savings because of it.
Malaysia has an amazing network of highways and federal and state roads. They’re the literal backbone of our national development, and having put in around 200,000km of driving abroad, I can say that our roads aren’t too bad at all.
There’s a caveat though. For the money we’ve spent on them, they should’ve been much better. I’d give an A minus for the overall national road architecture, though only a C for that in Kuala Lumpur, and another C for the design, construction and maintenance of these roads, especially the newer ones. And it’s an E and very close to an F for the lack of transparency about their ownership, costs and toll charges.
