Opening Of Link Road Delayed

The completion date of the much-awaited link road between Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Pusat Bandar Puchong in Selangor has been delayed again due to shoddy work.

Senior state executive councillor and Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok, accompanied by officers from the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) engineering department and several residents, visited the site on Tuesday and found the condition of the road deplorable.

Still in a mess: The MPSJ will give the contractor another month to rectify the faults.

The project was originally scheduled to be completed by March 13, but two months after the deadline, cracks have appeared in certain parts of the 300m two-way road.

Pointing out the uneven surface on a particular stretch of the road, Pusat Bandar Puchong Residents Association president Awies Ung said the road had sunken even before it was opened to public.
Teresa even described the tar pavement as being like “a thin layer of kaya spread on bread”.

According to a MPSJ spokesman, the construction work has not been completed, as can be seen from the bare road shoulders that are rocky and muddy.

The MPSJ officer said the council would give another month for the contractor to complete the job.

“We do blacklist contractors whose do shoddy work,” he said.

The officers said the MPSJ would inspect the road after the repair work had been done.

Ung, meanwhile, suggested that streetlights and guardrails be installed for the safety of road users.

“There is also a need to build sound barriers to curb noise pollution which is affecting residents living along the two sides of the road,” he said.

The MPSJ officer agreed to look into the requests, but suggested that instead of a wall, it would be better to have trees planted on the road shoulders.

“A wall might be an eyesore, so why not plant leafy trees to act as a sound absor-ber,” he said.

The link road is meant to help solve the massive traffic jam along the Damansara Puchong Highway (LDP).

It links Jalan Serindit in Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Persiaran Wawasan in Pusat Bandar Puchong and will benefit many motorists as they can bypass the LDP to get to their destinations.

Source: The Star, June 5, 2008