MPSJ Looks At Long-Term Plan To End Puchong Traffic Woes

While the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has yet to collect sufficient funds to fully implement the traffic system upgrade plan in Taman Perindustrian Puchong Utama, several efforts are being made to alleviate the traffic situation.

It includes traffic lights for Jalan Utama 2, which will also be widened.

MPSJ councillor Ng Sze Han said 10 developers, which had projects in the area, are supposed to contribute to the RM20mil fund according to the size and progress of their developments.

So far, only 38.5% (or about RM7.7mil) has been collected from seven developers and only one of them has fully settled its contribution.

“The rest are still going on with their projects, while three other haven’t started their projects yet,” Ng, who sits on the infrastructure committee, said.

The main part of the upgrade plan involves the construction of an interchange from the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP) into Jalan Utama 2 and several upgrade works on Jalan Utama 2.

Ng said the interchange would cost RM17mil and the initial planning could only start when the council had collected at least RM10mil.

The council had also used part of the money to install traffic lights at the junction of Jalan Utama 2 and Persiaran Puchong Perdana last year.

It is also looking at widening Jalan Utama 2 by turning a part of the vacant land into lanes.

Meanwhile, Litrak, the LDP highway concessionaire, has agreed to upgrade the Puchong Perdana Interchange following requests from the MPSJ.

A slip road would be constructed at the traffic light junction underneath the flyover in both directions (from Tractors and Puchong Jaya Selatan toll).

Persiaran Puchong Perdana would also be widened to have one extra lane at both directions.

Litrak communications head Bhavani Krishna Iyer said Litrak would start the work as soon as it received the approval.

“Some of the land we will be working on belongs to the council and we need to wait for the approval. It will take about nine months for the work to be completed,” she said.

Bhavani stressed that this was not a permanent solution and the Puchong Utama Interchange must be pushed through for a long-term solution to the traffic woes.

As-salam Mosque women’s bureau chief Noorhanim Ismail, whose mosque is located along Persiaran Puchong Perdana, welcomed the upgrade plan.

Mohd Ariffuddin Kamari from the MPSJ Engineering Department said the council would seek opinions from the residents regarding the sound barriers.

“The residents can let us know what type of sound barriers they prefer and we will forward their views to Litrak,” he said.

Source: The Star

Still Waiting For Interchange

Puchong Utama residents have been waiting eagerly for an interchange that is yet to materialise.

The proposed Puchong Utama interchange, located between the Puchong Perdana interchange and Kampung Baru interchange on Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP), is much needed due to the increase in traffic.

United Residents Association Puchong chairman Chik Chum, who is also the Taman Puchong Intan Residents Association chairman, pointed out that the traffic at the Puchong Perdana interchange was bad during peak hours.

The residents and business communities in Taman Puchong Intan, Taman Puchong Indah, Taman Puchong Permai, Puchong Perdana, Taman Perindustrian Puchong Perdana, Taman Puchong Prima, Taman Perindustrian Puchong Utama and Puchong Utama have been sharing the two interchanges all these while, and the new interchange is expected to reduce the traffic congestion.

“It has been four to five years since the plan about the proposed Puchong Utama interchange was first brought up, but nothing has been done until today,” Chik said.

Litrak, the LDP concessionaire, confirmed the proposal.

“It was the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) that mooted the idea, after considering the traffic volume due to the massive development in this part of Puchong,” Litrak communications head Bhavani Krishna Iyer said. She added that the project had been approved by the Malaysian Highway Authority.

“The developers in the area will have to contribute to the fund before MPSJ builds the interchange,” she said.

“It will help in reducing the congestion at the two existing interchanges,” she said.

MPSJ could not be reached for comments but it is learnt that the council has yet to collect sufficient funds from the developers to start the project.

Source: The Star

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7 Temples Awaiting Land Titles To Relocate

Awtar Singh, special assistant to Seri Serdang assemblyman Datuk Dr Mohd Satim Diman, highlighted the plight of the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist temples recently.

He pointed out that these temples had already settled the planning issues with the local council, and were waiting for the state government and Land Office to issue them the land titles.

The temples are Persatuan Penganut Devi Arulmigu Sri Nagakali Jai Munis­warar in Puchong Hartamas, Kuil Aum Sri Maha Aathi Nageswary Amman in Puchong Gateway, Persatuan Pengu­rusan Kuil Maha Mariamman in Taman Perindustrian Pusat Bandar Puchong, Kuil Naga Nagawasrya Amman in Taman Puchong Intan, Kuil Aaudayar Muniswarar Alayam in Bandar Puteri Puchong, Persatuan Penganut Agama Sikh in Batu 14 Puchong and Persatuan Penganut Agama Buddha in Bandar Puteri Puchong.

“These temples have been given land to relocate and some have already had the structures put up by the deve­lopers.
“The land has been endorsed in the One-Stop Centre in the Subang Jaya Municipal Council and the district officer was supposed to submit papers to the state government for approval.

“Once approved, the temples will have to submit applications for the land titles.

“But the district officer hasn’t done his part yet,” Awtar said.

He said he has spoken to Selangor health, plantation workers and caring government committee chairman Dr Xavier Jeyakumar, who is also in the three-man committee on non-Muslim religious affairs, about three months ago but no action had been taken so far.

“I urge him to call for a meeting at the Land Office to hear the problems of these temples. The Land Office can get the paper work done immediately to send to the Selangor exco for approval,” he said.

Source: The Star