MBPJ given four days to come up with solution to traffic problem

THE Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MBPJ) has been given four days to come up with a solution to the Paramount View Condominium traffic problems.

Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San said a decision had to be made within two weeks.

"If the matter still cannot be solved, we have to bring it up to the state government,” said Lau after chairing a public objection hearing at the MBPJ headquarters on Thursday.

The hearing was attended by about 30 residents, representatives from the developer, MBPJ and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) officials.

The 233-unit condominium was nearing completion but residents in the area are in a hot dispute over the placement of access roads leading to the project, including SS1/39, Jalan SS1/25 and Jalan SS1/26.

Tempers flared during the hearing as the residents questioned the MBPJ for allowing such a project to be approved without having a traffic impact assessment study done.

Besides the objections from residents, the developers came to a deadend when the TNB issued a court injunction to prevent them from building an access road leading into SS1/26.

“Because of safety issues, we do not allow roads to be built parallel to our high tension cables. It would also pose a problem when we want to do maintenance work on the towers,” said a TNB official.

A representative from Sri Aman Development Sdn Bhd said MBPJ had given them the go-ahead to build the access road.

“Building the road connecting SS1/39 to Jalan 21/1 will also be a problem because the gradient is too steep and the fire department will not approve it,” he said.

Lau requested the MBPJ engineering department to install speed breakers along SS1/25 and Jalan 22/44 so that the contractors could temporarily use the roads until a decision is made.