Public good must come first

It looks as if roads are not built for public good when their completion gets inordinately delayed and no one comes up giving an explanation and an apology, says an article on the website www.china.com.cn. The following is an excerpt:

A 497-m-long road in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, has not been completed nine months after the construction began, severely affecting the lives of people living nearby.

Roads are of course supposed to be built for public good, but road building will definitely have an impact on the living conditions of people residing nearby, especially when an inordinate delay happens.