Southern Kuala Lumpur Transfer Station (SKLTS) Waste Transfer Station Project in Kampung Bohol
I got the heads up from Preacher, someone who has been very helpful to this site. Thanks! 
Local papers had reported that the authorities are going to build a second waste transfer station on a 9ha facility in Kampung Bohol, and expects that it will be operational by next year. The project, called Southern KL Transfer Station (SKLTS), has been awarded to a private company CyWaste Sdn Bhd, which is part of a larger environmental group, CyEn Group.
This issue has recently been hotly discussed at a local property forum, you can follow it here. THe concerned residents have also set up a website to make their voice heard against this project, you can check it out here. We’ve linked the photo here, I hope they don’t mind… You can see the clearer photo at their site.
A check with the contractor’s website, we found some more info:
Transfer Stations – Southern Kuala Lumpur Transfer Station (SKLTS)
CyEn has been awarded the “Build, Operate and Transfer” (BOT) privatisation of a new solid waste transfer station, known as the “Southern Kuala Lumpur Transfer Station (SKLTS)” at Kampung Bohol, Mukim Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
Built on a site of approximately 9 ha in size, SKLTS is designed to cater for the management of solid waste for the southern part of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (FTKL) and the state of Selangor for the next 30 years.
SKLTS is designed to achieve operational efficiency, with minimal impacts on the surrounding environment during the development and operation of the facility.
According to the DOE website, the department is actually still studying the Detailed EIA (DEIA) report submitted by CyWaste. Members of the public can get a copy of the report for RM1000, details can be obtained here.
As it stands, the DOE has yet to issue any latest reply on this matter, and the residents are organising a petition and have also sought out a meeting together with contractor and their elected parliamentary representatives.
Another point of concern is the recent launch of new developments in the area within a short distance from the proposed site. Many buyers of these middle and high end projects are concerned that whether the developers did or did not know of this project, and if yes, why was it not revealed earlier.
There seems to be a lot of questions to be answered, we’ll update here with any recent news.
More people are aware of the SKLTS thanks to the power of the internet. This issue has been brought up to Sinchew Jit Poh today. Sorry that it is only in mandarin. Could you get someone to translate.
http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=166&artid=200601230462
Also, Bandar Kinrara RA is also organising a united protest. Link is below.
http://forum.bandarkinrara.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=52d1f5b70bf8a8b3f28ebd95e5d1369a&topic=89.0
However, it seems that time is not on the Puchong Residents side due to the long festive holidays. It would seem that the time frame given to lodge “official protest” has been well timed!!
Comment by preacher — January 25, 2006 @ 10:24 am