SECURITY ALERT

The security company of the Central Zone has alerted our residents to be wary of an old Malay woman who goes round pressing doorbells. She did that in Bandar Utama and after that they experienced 6 cases of house break-ins. Suspect she is an informer.

If you see her or any stranger going round pressing doorbells, please call the police at the DU police station, tel: 03-7722 2222 or inform the security guards.

New highway to be built

For details, visit the KIDEX exhibition at Tropicana City Mall or log on to www.kidexskyway.com

WHEN the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) is ready, it will reduce travelling time between Damansara and Kinrara by about 25%.

The traffic volume will also be reduced by 50% in both directions from Puchong to Petaling Jaya.

It is estimated that traffic volume will reduce by about 30% from Taman Tun Dr Ismail, the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) and Bandar Utama to Petaling Jaya.

The highway is estimated to cost RM2.42bil and it will be a 90% elevated highway. Read more

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PJ residents should beware Kidex highway

written by Mak Khuin Weng (ex SS20 councillor)

Even if the Kidex highway resolves the traffic problem at the expense of a few thousand properties, it does not mean that traffic problems will not recur. MBPJ has approved numerous projects that are underway and the effects of those developments will mean more traffic for PJ, which would only incentivise a new highway as a solution to the traffic problem again.

A proposal for another elevated highway for Petaling Jaya is already there in the form of the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (Dash), and such highways simply mean that your property may be next on the state government’s acquisition list.  Read more

Seeing red over removal of security barriers

Taking action: MBPJ enforcement officers removing the barriers put up along Jalan SS22/41 and Jalan SS22/2 in Damansara Jaya during the operation.

RESIDENTS in SS22, Damansara Jaya are angry after the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) removed barriers in their neighbourhood.

They said MBPJ had acted in a high-handed manner by removing the barriers put up for their security along two roads in the area.

“There was no attempt to discuss the matter or even inform us about the action,” said Damansara Jaya Residents and Owners Association (DJROA) chairman Datuk Yew Cheng Hoe.

He said Damansara Jaya was one of the first neighbourhoods to implement and register its gated-and-guarded scheme with MBPJ.

He said a copy of DJROA’s application to implement the scheme was sent to the mayor’s office in 2008.    Read more  .......

MBPJ Dismantles Boom Gates

18 October Report: MBPJ dismantles boom gates and barriers in three PJ neighbourhoods

Story and photos by Vincent Tan

Heavy-duty - the council employing a backhoe to knock down a tethering pole in Jalan BU 6/6, Bandar Utama 

Residents in three Petaling Jaya neighbourhoods received a surprise visit from Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officers yesterday.

The officers came to remove boom gates and other road obstructions in the areas.

The operation, led by MBPJ Engineering Department assistant director Noraini Mohd Din, involved Winchester Ara Damansara, Bandar Utama precinct BU 6 and Damansara Jaya SS22.

The officers used a heavy-duty welding torch to cut a wheeled gate at the intersection of Jalan PJU 1A/43 and Jalan PJU 1A/43E.

Council lorries were used to dispose of the parts.    Read more ....  

Notification for residents: Enforcement officers handling over a notification slip to Winchester Ara Damansara RA committee member Say Kim Kuan.

The dismantled wheeled-gate at Jalan PJU 1A/43-Jalan PJU 1A/43e, which was removed by MBPJ officers in a three-area operation yesterday morning.

RAs get extension to submit application for boomgates and guard booths

According to MBPJ guidelines, guard booths are allowed at road shoulders to a size not exceeding 1.8m x  2.4m. Other sizes can be considered, depending on the road reserve. - Photos courtesy of MBPJ

A PLANNED inspection of two neighbourhoods in Bandar Utama and Ara Damansara regarding the status of their illegally-erected boomgates and guard booths was called off at the last minute.

It was learnt that representatives from the Petaling Jaya City Council’s (MBPJ) Engineering, Planning and Development, Complaints and Enforcement departments had planned to inspect the areas yesterday morning.

However, sources revealed that the city councillor responsible for Ara Damansara, Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainudin, had requested a day’s extension to allow the residents association (RA) to hand in its application.   Read more ...... 

PJ cops to get 49 motorcycles for patrolling

THE Petaling Jaya police district headquarters (IPD) will be getting 49 motorcycles from the 10,000 units announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for the PDRM motorcycle patrol unit.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said to increase the effectiveness of patrolling, each station that received the motorcycles would focus on its own specific area.

“The Sea Park police station will be getting 16 units and we have chosen Section 14 as the focus area for the first phase. There will be four officers on patrol at a time in each of the three shifts,” he said.

The other stations that will be receiving the bikes are Sungei Way station, which will focus on the Mentari area and Damansara Utama station, focusing on the Bandar Utama area.      Read more ......    

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.
Read more .......

Klang Valley MRT Watch

A blogspot called the KLANG VALLEY MRT WATCH has been created for concerned residents who want a responsible implementation of the project.

You can follow the developments of the MRT project and give your views at this site. You can also petition for an underground MRT.

The blogspot is at http://www.kvmrtwatch.blogspot.com/
A link has also been created in our blog for easy access.