Issue | Summary | Impacts | Degree of Importance Score | |||
Residents | Business | Walkers | Motorists | |||
Roadside trees | All roadside trees existed before have been axed. Only Pine trees permitted by local authority for street planting. Road ditch design does not facilitate irrigation of trees | Walkers and motorists do not have benefit from a tree-clad street Women concern on the absence of street trees, in particular absence of fruit trees | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Roadside annuals | Flowers, vegetables and grain/fodder planted by residents/businesses per instructions of city authority. Provision of plants and/or seeds is useful as some are unable to find it. Road did not have space for flowers prior to rehabilitation | Flowers and other plants contribute to road beautification. Benefits to walkers and motorists are mild while some benefits to residents and businesses | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Use of Ditch Irrigation | Road ditch conveys water which residents can tap to irrigate their household garden plots and roadside planting. Road design does not allow water extraction for irrigation. The height difference between pipe outlet and canal bottom does not flow water into gardens. Residents block the ditch to raise water head in their attempt to obtain water for irrigation | Materials such as rock pieces, plastic, soil and clothes block water that overflows the ditch. Cause of risk and gradual deterioration of the road. Cleaning company has to pay frequent attention to clean and repair ditch. Lessons for future urban road design | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Irrigation horse pipe use | Others who cannot obtain water from the ditch, use garden horse pipe to irrigate road plots | Horse pipes criss-crossing road payment is a hazard to walkers, Ugly appearance of urban road. A lesson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Safe walkway | Across payment are electric poles, gas pipes and open holes, all unprotected. Hazard to walkers and residents | Risk of fall, electrocution and injury | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
Ramp | Every house and business provided with an asphalt ramp but length of supplied ramp is short of door step. Previously, ramp existed all the way to door step | Inconvenience to residents and businesses | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |