Sri Petaling versus the KL-Putrajaya Elevated Highway
There is an ongoing furore involving the residents of Sri Petaling and the authorities regarding the construction of the KL-Putrajaya Elevated Highway which runs 2 meters away from the houses.
This site, set up by the residents is a must-read. Taken from the site:
The KL-Putrajaya highway Project with 26KM length, from Kampung Pandan roundabout to Putrajaya…Package (5) of this Project starts from Salak South Garden, pass through an established residential area, i.e. Bandar Baru Sri Petaling and end at Bukit Jalil. The stretch in Bandar Baru Sri Petaling with approximately 1.25KM will be an elevated structure to be built on the existing road, Jalan 2/149, which has 32metres reserve width that services the residential area.
In year 1997, a knowledgeable resident had written to advise LLM to shift the alignment of the highway towards Zone N of Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, which has not been developed at that time to ensure adequate buffer zone is provided on both sides of the highway. However his advice was ignored. Besides this, few more residents have also written to LLM for information of the Project between 1998 to 2003, as usual LLM had ignored them.
In general, the awareness of this Project to the public is negligible as reported in the Environmental Impact Assessment report and Supplementary Environmental Impact Assessment dated June 1997 and April 2003 respective.
In the site, the residents claim the following:
The list goes on highlighting in the detail the grievances and chronology of events up until the present.
For the rest, you can read it at the info-packed site. Another part that is a must-read is the replies that the residents obtained from the people in charge. (this one was actually reported in the Star)
