The Highway Residents Action Committee wrote a letter to the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) to seek clarification on how such a project is approved whereas Acts, bylaws and guidelines are breached in the process of project planning. Here are the main questions

Question 1

Under JKR’s guideline, a highway requires a minimum reserve width of 60m. The existing main road, Jalan 2/149, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling has only 32m width reserve, which does not fultill the above requirement.

Question 2

Under LLM’s guideline, all development areas are required to have a minimum setback (buffer sone) of 19m from the ROW of the highway. There is no buffer zone provided along Jalan 2/149 to separate the highway from the existing houses

Question 3

Under the National Land Code Act (Act 56 of 1956) section 5, buildings are defined as any structure on land. With respect to public health, safety and protection of urban environment, the Regulation Guidelines required minimum separation distances measured between buildings or structures to property boundaries. The elevated building structure of the highway which has a set back 6ft (2m) from the property boudaries along Jalan 2/149 can never comply with any Act, bylaws and guidelines.

Question 4

Under the Environment Act 1972, maximum levels of noise and air pollution are defined for residential areas. The cumulative noise and air pollution generated by the existing road and elevated highway would far exceed the levels permitted by the Act. To-date, we have yet to be convinced by the relevant authorities that mitigation measures to be taken could reduce the noise and air pollution levels to the compliance limits.

Question 5

Serious air pollution will pose hazard to health…

Question 6

Safety is threatened as car may ramp over or small object may fly over and injure residents’ at their backyard

Question 7

Residents request Government to acquire one row of houses west of the highway

Question 8

Disturbance during construction stage. eg dust and noise pollution…

Question 9

Bituminous spray on road pavement will affect health and belongings…

Question 10

Why alternative alignment is not studied and recommended in the EIA report?

Question 11

Why not change the highway alignment to follow Besraya or KL-Seremban Highway and bypass Bandar Baru Sri Petaling?

Question 12

Why distance between highway parapet and the residential houses which is only 2m are not stated in EIA report? Why the reports choose to indicate the distance to the kindergarten which is further away?

Question 13

Why 2003 Socio economic survey shown much higher disagreement on the project as compared to 1997 survey?

Question 14

Land gazetted for highway reserve has been approved for housing development, which the developer have build and sold to the public.

Here is the response we got from LLM. If you read through the response, its like a justification to commit a crime.