Archive for August, 2005
Squeezing through…
Posted by sripetaling.net in General Info on August 12th, 2005
The below service road is only 106 feet wide and the Government says that it is adequate to construct the 6-lane high speed highway to Putrajaya. It makes us feel like when a Government decision is made, all other laws or guidelines can be bypassed…
Actual SMS responses from Minister of Works, Samy Vellu
Posted by sripetaling.net in News & Developments, Residents Actions on August 10th, 2005
Malaysian Minister of Works, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu
Actual SMS reply from Minister of Works when Member of Parliament, YB Teresa Kok attempted to seek an opportunity for residents to meet the Minister, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
“YB Theresa no one can stop this RM 1.3 billion project The road is within our ROW. Any ATTEMPT to stop work means heavy Compensation..Sorry. Samyvellu” - Short Message Service reply on Aug 8, 2005
Resident’s Dilemma - Residents are not capable of taking legal action against Govt as ‘Heavy Compensation’ is involved.
“YB Theresa The Sri Petaling residents objection overruled. The Government is compelled to build the road on land acquired by the Govt paying several hundred millions ringgit.That project is important to ease the traffic in KL/Seremaan Highway. samyvellu” - Short Message Service reply on Aug 7, 2005
Resident’s Dilemma - The Govt ‘FORGOT’ to acquire adequate land in Sri Petaling which was AVAILABLE when the project was approved in 1997. In year 2000, available land was developed into middle class housing. Unsuspecting buyers bought houses and now victims of a federal Govt project!
“YB Theresa This project is already there before the Housing project. This is neither a new acquisition nor a new project. The government has paid heavy compensation to do this alternate protocol dedicated highway. No further delay or meeting with anyone will be allowed. The job will go on Sorryi Samyvellu.” - Short Message Service reply on Aug 8, 2005
Resident’s Dilemma - Malaysian Govt knew about the planned housing project. They also know about the inadequate width for the elevated highway but DID NOTHING to acquire available land then. Unsuspecting buyers bought houses built on the then ‘available KL-Putrajaya Highway land’.
Why didn’t the Govt acquire adequate land when it was available?
KL-Putrajaya Highway to go on!
Posted by sripetaling.net in News & Developments on August 10th, 2005
New Straits Times
08/10/2005
KL-Putrajaya highway to go on
PENANG, Fri. - The Cabinet has decided that the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya
elevated highway project will continue despite protests by Bandar Baru Sri
Petaling residents. Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the decision was
reached last Wednesday. He said ministry secretary-general Datuk Syed Jamal
Syed Jaafar would meet three representatives of the affected residents next
week to explain the situation. “Besides that, we will try to smoothen the flow of
traffic around the Sri Petaling area,” he said here today.
In Kuala Lumpur, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Shahrir
Samad said the panel would meet Kuala Lumpur City Hall and Malaysian Highway
Authority (LLM) officials next week on the matter. He said mayor Datuk Ruslin
Hassan had appointed consultants to investigate the residents’ complaints and
would decide after studying the results. He said Ruslin had the authority to issue
a stop-work order if construction work threatened the residents’ safety. “But
(until Ruslin decides), the project will go on. The mayor can only halt
construction work temporarily if he is satisfied that it is causing serious damage
to the homes. “The mayor visited the affected homes recently and he has seen
the cracks. But he is not an expert and will wait for an expert opinion,” he said
after PAC met representatives from City Hall and LLM at Parliament. Shahrir also
advised government machinery to be more “humane” and not just focus on
problems of contractors and projects. “They should show more concern for the
people and the environment.” Shahrir said the committee had also asked LLM to
visit the homes of affected residents.
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Highway Key Facts
26KM stretches from Kampung Pandan to Putrajaya
consession signed on 22 Oct 1997
adequate land was available then
resident wrote letter to LLM to advice them to ensure adequate buffer zone since there is land (1997)
project was shelved due to economic crisis
DBKL approved housing project when they should have reserved the land for highway
houses built and sold to unsuspecting buyers
land was 'lost' in the process due to authorities blunder
project is bulldozed through despite protest for safety
project is in breach of their own guidelinesIsn't it ironic?
LLM, DBKL, DOE say they are not aware about the sheer proximity of the highway to the homes!
A resident has written to the authorities way back in 1997 to realign the Right Of Way of the highway to utilize the undeveloped Zone N. [click here to see the letter and how it fell on deaf ears of the authorities]
The developer of Zone N (Petaling Garden Berhad) managed to obtain approval to build houses along a path of designated federal highway. How can that be?