Bukit Kiara supporters fretting over perimeter fencing in the park

THE waiting game for Bukit Kiara to be gazetted as a green lung continues.

Although it has been more than three months since a stop-work order was issued to all development work in Bukit Kiara, there has been no news on its green lung status — a cause that Bukit Kiara stakeholders have been fighting for a long time.

There was a public outcry on the damage caused by the construction of a perimeter fencing undertaken by the National Landcape Depart-ment (JLN). The fence was part of a project to demarcate the park.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung had suggested at a public discussion in Bangunan Bakti on July 31 that Bukit Kiara would be gazetted in phases as part of the land had been leased.      Read more .....   

Sprint Highway to close for 1 year

KUALA LUMPUR: MASS Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has announced a 12-month closure of the left-most lane of the Sprint Highway, from the Bukit Kiara junction to the Jalan Maarof junction (Kuala Lumpur bound) starting today till Nov 14 next year.

This closure will be in effect from 9am to 4pm and 9pm to 6am daily. This is to facilitate construction work for the MRT.

The lane closure is being implemented after two trials recently were found to have no adverse impact on the Kuala Lumpur-bound traffic.

The first trial was carried out for a day and second for seven days, and on both occasions the traffic was moving with slight hold-up at the point where the traffic from Kerinchi Link (Kiara) merged with traffic from Petaling Jaya on the Damansara Link.    Read more ........    

Proposed development of Bukit Kiara

 The Proposed Large Scale Public Park

Bukit Kiara Park offers a very exciting trail for mountain bikers.

KUALA LUMPUR: The expected gazettement of Bukit Kiara Park and its surrounding areas as a Large Scale Public Park (LSPP) by the government has drawn some positive feedback from park-goers and residents in the area.

While most of the park-goers and residents are all for the development of the green area, they are also concerned about the adverse effects of overdevelopment. They feel that the area where the forest side of the park is located should be left untouched.

They also feel that any form of development in the forest might damage what is left of the flora and fauna in its natural habitat. Read more .....