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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