RAs push to have MRT run underground

In discussions: (From right) Aaron Sarma, Lim See Meng and Eileen Thong representing the various RAs in Bandar Utama at a briefing with LTPC officers.

Scores of residents associations (RAs) in and around Bandar Utama want the proposed Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) to run underground.

Representatives from RAs and Rukun Tetangga from Bandar Utama, TTDI, Damansara Utama, Damansara Kim, Mutiara Damansara and Kota Damansara conveyed this to representatives of the Land Public Transport Commission (LPTC) in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur recently.

Since the announcement of the RM36.6bil project, residents in various parts of Klang Valley have given opposing views.

Rukun Tetangga SS20 Damansara Utama chairman Eileen Thong said in the past the proposal for an elevated MRT track was supported by residents who did not have the proposed track running close to their houses.
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