Patching pot holes for money can get you locked up: Police

PEOPLE who patch pot holes and demand money from vehicles can be arrested and charged under the Protection of Transport Infrastructure Act.
Police traffic director Chief Supt Joseph Joe told The National that those who did that would be arrested.
“It is not their duty to fix the road and then demand money.
“There are relevant authorities who are responsible for road maintenance,” Joe said.
He also cautioned property owners, landowners and vendors not to set up businesses, markets or housing near the road and to be at least 20 metres away for safety and development reasons.
Speaking at a two-day workshop for traffic officers from Southern region, Road Traffic Authority (RTA) safety manager Wilson Wariaka told the participants that traffic accidents had been increasing every year and it was their job to identify the causes and take steps to make roads safer.
“We all (police and RTA) must work together to find ways to control that (road fatalities and accidents) and that is by penalising traffic offenders,” he said.
The traffic officers present at the workshop were from, NCD, Central, Milne Bay, Oro, Gulf and Western.