RESIDENTS of SS1 and Section 22, Petaling Jaya, want assurances that their residential roads would not be used as an access to a 233-unit condominium block that is near completion.
About 200 residents turned up at a demonstration to protest the building of a permanent entrance and exit along Jalan SS1/25.
Section 22 and Kampung Tunku residents association pro tem deputy chairman Abdullah Sani said the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) had said the developers were not supposed to use the road as an entrance to the Paramount View Condominium.
“It is a narrow residential road and we would also have problems when the condo is occupied as cars would be parked along the road,” he said.
Residents also expressed concerned when a metal rod fell from the construction site onto the carpark of the Sri Aman Flats.
SS1 resident David Chong said there were cracks in at least four houses fronting the project since construction began.
Sri Aman Flats Residents Association vice- president Ruslan Basri said there were cracks in at least 80 flats.
MBPJ councillor Ramakrishnan Suppiah said the developer had submitted the assessment of damages and would have to repair the houses before completing the condominium.
“Residents also asked for a letter of guarantee to say that their houses are still safe to live in but the developer has not given that,” he said.
Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony PUa said the local authority should not have approved the project in the first place because it was too near the TNB high-tension cables.
“Many projects like the FAS field in Kelana Jaya have been approved and we’re concerned about these developments. The former Matsushita factory in the Free Trade Zone has also been converted for commercial use.
“For projects that have been approved but have yet to start work, we have to make sure the developments won’t affect the quality of life for surrounding residents,” Pua said.
While residents were talking to the media, a fight almost broke out between several residents and the owner of a nursery located on the Tenaga Nasional Berhad reserve land near the condominium.
The nursery owner said he would have to relocate if residents insisted on using Jalan SS1/26 as the entrance to the condominium but declined to comment when asked if he had the licences to operate.
When contacted, a spokesman from the Sri Aman Development Sdn Bhd said the entrance at SS1/25 was just a temporary entrance pending approval to use the TNB reserve land as part of the entrance at SS1/26, as requested by residents.
“The project was approved in 2006 and the initial plans were to have the entrance at SS1/25. We’ve already agreed to move our entrance to SS1/26 but we still have to use SS1/25 as a temporary entrance with a proper structure so that we can handover the units to our buyers.
“Once we’ve obtained approval to use SS1/26, we will modify the structure at our own cost (referring to the concrete wall requested by residents).
“We have all the approvals for our projects and we also have a deadline to meet so the residents can’t make us stop everything just because the government has changed,” he said.
He said they had already agreed to repair the cracks in the affected houses and had submitted the plans to Chong.
“He wanted to get a second opinion from his engineers so we’re waiting for his reply before we start work on the houses,” the spokesman said.
“We apologise for the fallen metal pole. The contractor has taken action against his workers. We’ll rectify any damages,” he said.
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