KL-Putrajaya Highway, Government Project Gone Bad

There is an article in The Star Online today which has the following title “Residents claim proposed LRT lines too close to homes“. It looks like DBKL never learns. Despite the previous blunder which has caused the KL - Putrajaya highway to be built 2 metres away from our homes in Seri Petaling, now they will make the residents in Taman Esplanad in Bukit Jalil suffer what we have gone through during the construction.

Incidentally, it seems like DBKL is making a lot of major blunders in this part of the city, we wonder why?

Here is the full story from The Star Online

Residents claim proposed LRT lines too close to homes
By BAVANI M

MORE than a hundred residents living in Taman Esplanad in Bukit Jalil Kuala Lumpur staged a peaceful protest on Saturday to object to a proposed LRT extension running through their neighbourhood.

The residents are worried that if approved, the lines located some 12 metres from their backyard, will pose problems to those living in the area.

“The LRT alignments were proposed in the Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 (DKLCP2020) and we had already made our objections at a public hearing committee last year. But, we were surprised to discover that soil investigation work is currently being carried out at the site,” said a resident who only wished to be identified as Soh.

According to Soh, if the project goes through, residents in the area will be facing a lot of problems that will affect their quality of life.

“We are talking about noise and dust pollution, soil erosion and vibrations and safety aspects,” Soh said.

Esplanad Residents Association vice-chairman Jason Lim said the residents were not against development, nor objecting to the proposed line along their houses, but they were against the proximity of the lines.

“The lines are literally next to our bedrooms,” Lim said. “It will not only disturb our sleep at night but due to the close proximity of the lines, commuters can actually peek into our bedrooms,” he added.

The residents are hoping that the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) would consider re-locating the lines closer to the Kesas Highway instead which is 97 metres away from the houses.