Jalan Tanjung Opens 1-way Today for 2 Weeks

A week after Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim made the announcement to re-open the road to ease traffic congestion, the Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) had granted permission to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to remove the barricades on Monday night.

In an unexpected turn of events, the Bandar Utama Residents Association (Bura) representatives also showed up in front of the 1 Tech Park to prevent the road from being opened.

Bura chairman Datuk Manpal Singh had informed those present that they had at 6pm on Monday night filed a writ summons and application for injunction against BUCC and MBPJ to prevent them from opening the road.

Making their stand clear: The banners put up by Bandar Utama Residents Association around the Jalan Tanjung area calling for the road to be closed.

It was scheduled to be opened at 9pm but MBPJ officers and BUCC representatives debated the legality of opening it for more than an hour before deciding against it.

In the end, BUCC relented and re­opened the road at about 2.30am.

BUCC general affairs manager Paul Fernandez said they decided to reopen the road out of goodwill to facilitate the traffic study as requested by the Mentri Besar.

He said all legal matters would go ahead and they would attend the hearing fixed for Dec 8 at the Shah Alam High Court.

Meanwhile, the joint action group against the road closure headed by Tropicana Residents Association Mohamed Shukri Zain called for an emergency meeting yesterday morning at the Tropicana Golf and Country Resort to discuss the matter.

The group decided that they too would file an application for an injunction by Thursday but would discuss it with their solicitors on who to file it against.

About 50 people attended the meeting including those from Tropicana Residents Association, Riana Green, Citra Damansara, Palm Springs and Casa Tropicana.

During the meeting, some of the issues raised by the representatives of the joint action group included:

·The application of injunction filed by Bura, which would go against the Mentri Besar’s request to reopen the road to facilitate a traffic study;

·The setting up of a booth at the 1 Utama shopping centre by Bura to collect signatures for their petition to keep the road closed, raising questions to the credibility of the signatures collected; and

lThe putting up of banners along Jalan Tanjung to protest the reopening of the road by Bandar Utama residents, which is seen as in bad taste.

Meanwhile, the Selangor government thanked BUCC for re-opening Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama as agreed with the state, MBPJ and Dijaya Corporation at the meeting on Nov 22.

Khalid said as agreed at the meeting, the reopening of the road for two weeks would not prejudice the ongoing legal disputes between BUCC and Dijaya.

The move will now allow MBPJ to study the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to a four-lane road from its current two-lane road.

He said this study was not limited to the widening of Jalan Tanjung and was part of a holistic traffic dispersal study to other access routes in search of long-term solutions to the problem of bad traffic conditions in Dama-nsara.

Apart from the reopening of Jalan Tanjung, MBPJ plans to implement the short-term measure to ease traffic congestion which includes reassigning the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama near a nursery further up in the area; and building a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana.

The state is committed to finding long-term measures to address the problem and will be calling all developers in Damansara to take part in the process.

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Jalan Tanjung still closed to traffic

THE controversial Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, is still closed to traffic despite a call by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to open up the road a week ago.

The decision was made by the mentri besar on Nov 22, after meeting Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and Dijaya Corporation Bhd, who were the developers of Bandar Utama and Tropicana Golf and Country Resort, respectively.

The road was closed on Nov 16 because the piece of land in front of the 1-Tech Park, on which the road passes through, is owned by BUCC.

Residents from Tropicana and the surrounding areas want the road opened while Bandar Utama residents are lobbying for it to remain closed.

When met during Malaysiakini’s 10th anniversary dinner on Saturday, Khalid said there was still an ongoing dispute between the two developers involved.

“I will try to resolve it on Monday (today) when I meet the two developers, as I know one had taken the case to court,” Khalid said.

He reiterated that the road would be open for one-way traffic after he had clarified the issue with both developers.

“It will be open for two weeks to allow commuters to use it as well as to ease the heavy traffic flow from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

“We will also be looking at the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes,” said Khalid.

When BUCC closed the road on Nov 16, it also announced that it had filed a suit in court to protect its rights.

BUCC director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok said they wanted assurances that the request to reopen the temporary one-way access for two weeks should not prejudice their court case with Tropicana.

Therefore, they had sought from Tropicana for confirmation that the reopening of the road would not prejudice the court case.

However, according to Teo, Tropicana had replied with a solicitor’s letter dated Nov 26 that they were “not privy to the discussions between Khalid and BUCC.”

“We are ready to reopen the temporary access for two weeks but this current impasse has made it impossible for us to do so,” said Teo.

Teo added that since the agreement between BUCC and Tropicana was in dispute, “all traffic plying the route after the reopening of the temporary access constituted a trespass and they had asked the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to take out the appropriate public liability insurance to protect these trespassers.

According to a Dijaya spokesman, there were no such conditions set during the Nov 22 meeting between the Mentri Besar, Dijaya and BUCC.

“We have no knowledge of these conditions so we cannot agree to them,” he said.

He said the public liability insurance was a request made to MBPJ and they had received a copy of the request.

Commenting on the court action filed by BUCC, he said neither their lawyers nor the company had been served the summons regarding the Jalan Tanjung issue.

Source : STAR

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Selangor state government to study feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes

THE controversial Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, will be opened to traffic coming out from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama for two weeks.

According to a statement released by the office of Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, this temporary measure will ease traffic congestion while the state government studies the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes from the current two.

On Friday and Sunday, the Mentri Besar had held meetings with Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC), Dijaya Corporation Bhd and the residents whose housing schemes were affected by the road closure.

The Selangor Government is concerned over the predicament residents would face following BUCC’s decision to close Jalan Tanjung, which was temporarily built on the company’s private property.

The meetings were also attended by Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officials led by mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman and Petaling Jaya district officer Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad.

Temporary measure: Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, which had been closed to traffic, will be opened to traffic coming out from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama for two weeks.

It was agreed by all parties that Jalan Tanjung be operated as a one-way road for two weeks to allow road users to exit from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

“If it is feasible, we will work with BUCC to make Jalan Tanjung a permanent public road instead of a temporary one. In the event that it is feasible, the road will be reopened as usual while construction work begins,” Khalid said.

To ensure that traffic is not worsened by the temporary measure, the state has instructed the MBPJ to reassign the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama further up, near a nursery in the area.

A second measure is to build a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana.

These two measures, which will start immediately, are being taken after consulting MAG Technical & Development Consultant Sdn Bhd’s traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen.

Meanwhile, the state government is appealing to all residents to be patient while the feasibility study is conducted.

The discussions also identified poor planning in the past to be the root cause of the traffic woes in Damansara, which involved some 3,716,122 sq metres of development.

“It is obvious the traffic condition is bad since the level of service at all outlets from the area is ranked C, D and F. With or without Jalan Tanjung, the traffic is just bad. This is why the state is now looking into mid- and long-term solutions to the problem,” Khalid said.

Among the mid-term solutions are re-alignment of roads to avoid residential routes in Kelana Idaman and improving Persiaran Surian by building an overpass at Persiaran Mahogani.

As for long-term solutions, the state will be calling all developers in Damansara to work together to solve the traffic problems in the area.

The state plans to set up a special fund to improve the infrastructure in Damansara.

“It has to be a collective responsibility by every developer to improve the situation there. It is not only good social responsibility but also good for their business. If traffic is clear, not only will residents be happy, their property prices will also go up. So it benefits every one,” Khalid said.

Source : STAR

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MB: Jalan Tanjung opens to one-way traffic for two weeks

Jalan Tanjung Bandar Utama will be opened to one-way traffic for two weeks to allow road users to make their exit from Jalan Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

Announcing this today, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the decision was the outcome of a meeting with residents protesting the closure of Jalan Tanjung, with developers Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and Tropicana developer Dijaya Corporation Bhd, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and the Petaling district office over the weekend.

To ensure that traffic is not worsened by the temporary measure, the state has instructed MBPJ to reassign the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama further near a nursery in the area.

In addition to the reopening of the road as a one way street, a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana will be built. These two measures will start immediately, Abdul Khalid said in a statement.

The MB said these are temporary measures being put in place to ease the traffic congestion along Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama while the state government studies the feasibility of widening it to a four lane road from the current two lane.

Abdul Khalid said if it is feasible the state will work with BUCC to make Jalan Tanjung Bandar Utama a permanent public road instead of a temporary one.

"In the event it is feasible, the road will operate as usual during construction," he said.

These plans were mapped out after consultation with traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen from MAG Technical & Development Consultant Sdn Bhd, he said, adding that the state government appeals to all residents to be patient while the feasibility study is conducted.

The discussions also identified poor planning in the past as the root cause of the traffic woes in Damansara which involved some 40 million sq ft of development.

"It is obvious the traffic condition in Damansara is bad since the level of service at all outlets from the area is ranked C, D and F (A is the best rating)," Abdul Khalid said, adding that with or without Jalan Tanjung, the traffic is just as bad.

This is why the state is now looking into mid and long term solutions to the problem," he said.

Abdul Khalid said re-alignment of roads to avoid residential routes in Kelana Idaman and improving Persiaran Surian by building an overpass at Persiaran Mahogani are among mid term solutions.

In the long term, the state will call on all developers in Damansara to work together to solve the traffic problems in that area.

Selangor plans to set up a special fund to improve the infrastructure in Damansara, Abdul Khalid said.

"It has to be a collective responsibility by every developer to improve the situation there," he said.

Source : The Sun

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MB’s decision on Jalan Tanjung today

THE decision on the Bandar Utama Jalan Tanjung road dispute is expected to be made today by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

Bandar Utama City Coporation Sdn Bhd had earlier announced that it would be taking back a piece of land belonging to it.

The road was used by motorists from Tropicana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara to get to Bandar Utama and onto the Sprint Highway and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).

It was initially agreed by all parties to turn the road into a one-way street for six months, starting Nov 20, before closing it completely.

However, after much pressure from the action group formed to keep the road open, BUCC had closed the road on Nov 16 without prior notice.

Traffic coming out from Persiaran Surian onto Lebuh Bandar Utama at the BU11 area had been chaotic during the first two days but this had eased considerably after the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) changed the timing of the traffic lights at the junction of the Lebuh Bandar Utama bridge.

Residents of Bandar Utama were in support of the road closure while those in Tropicana and areas like Sunway Damansara and Aman Suria were against it.

Last Thursday, the developers and residents’ representatives from both sides were invited to attend the Selangor Economic Action Council (MTES) meeting.

Khalid had announced that he would meet with both developers on Friday.

During a fundraising dinner by Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong at the BU3 community centre on Saturday night, Khalid said he would settle the issue by Sunday night.

The war between residents on both sides of the divide has taken a new levels, with both sides putting up advertorials in local dailies.

Residents against the road closure put up a full-page notice last Saturday calling for the state to acquire the land and keep the road open.

On Friday, the Bandar Utama Residents Association (BURA) had also put in a half-page notice in StarMetro in a plea to keep the road closed.

Among the suggestions made by BURA were:

• To keep closed the temporary access road to ease traffic woes;

• That the residents in the other developments lobby their own respective developers to build proper accesses;

• That MBPJ appoint a traffic consultant to make a careful study and propose a good traffic dispersal system.


Source STAR

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Decision on Jalan Tanjung on Monday (23 Nov 2009)

THE MUCH anticipated decision by the Selangor state government on the Jalan Tanjung issue will only be knwon on Monday.

“We will meet both developers today and make the decision on Monday,” said Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim after the Selangor Economic Action Council (MTES) meeting at the SUK building in Shah Alam.

Representatives of residents associations for and against the Jalan Tanjung road closure were also invited for the meeting to present their views on the matter.

The road in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, connecting Bandar Utama and Tropicana was closed on Nov 16 by the Bandar Utama developer without notice.

It was earlier announced that the road would first be turned into a one-way traffic flow for six months before being closed.

Jalan Tanjung was used as a temporary access road 12 years ago and the Bandar Utama developer owns part of the land in front of the Bandar Utama Technology Park.

Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah, who was also present at the meeting, said they were not only looking at solving the Jalan Tanjung issue, but also the overall traffic problems in the area.

The road will remain closed until a decision is made.

As a temporary measure, the Petaling Jaya City Council has changed the timing of the traffic lights at the Lebuh Bandar Utama to ease the traffic congestion due to the extra load of vehicles coming out of Persiaran Tropicana.

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BURA Advertorial to Keep Jalan Tanjung closed (Star Metro 20 Nov)

The Bandar Utama Residents Association (BURA) released an advertorial on Star Metro Page 26 today indicating that the Jalan Tanjung should remain closed.

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