Council To Receive RM2.2mil Allocation

The federal government has allocated RM2.2mil to the Subang Jaya Municipal Council to implement a Safe City Programme.

We are one of the 12 local councils chosen to receive the allocation in the country through the crime National Key Result Areas (NKRA).

With the funds, we will be able to take preventive measures at crime hotspots identified by the police.

Among the measures include installing more streetlights, safety mirrors and alarms at crime-prone zones and separating pedestrian paths from motor lanes with barriers or plants.

Last Friday, we conducted a site visit with OCPD Subang Jaya Asst Comm Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar to conduct crime-mapping.

A total of 12 crime hotspots in Subang Jaya and Puchong were pinpointed.

With the crime statistics presented, we will then decide on what has to be done in the specific areas.

We will be forming a Safe City Programme sub-committee — comprising councillors, police, Immigration Department, TNB, and Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation — to monitor and coordinate the implementation of the programme.

We hope the close cooperation between the MPSJ and the police will help curb crime in areas under the MPSJ’s jurisdiction.

The programme will be ongoing until the zero crime rate is achieved.

Another RM1.15mil was also allocated by the Housing and Local Government Ministry to upgrade 77 bus stops.

We have identified the bus stops and are appointing contractors for the project.

Source: The Star

MPSJ Opens New Library And Office In Bandar Puteri Puchong

The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) Hypermedia Library was opened to the public last month at its new premises at Persiaran Puteri 1, Bandar Puteri Puchong in Puchong.

It is the council’s third hypermedia library after the opening of first two at the 3C Complex, Subang Jaya and Serdang Raya, Seri Kembangan.

The library’s operating hours are from 9.30am to 7pm from Tuesday till Friday, and 9am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.

The library is closed on Monday, public holidays, and the first and third Saturdays of each month.

The new library has a collection of 2,419 books on various topics.

The public can also utilise the Internet service. The rates are RM1 per hour for members and RM3 per hour for non-members.

A yearly fee is applicable for those who would like to register as members. It is priced at RM27 for children between five and 12 years and RM37 for those above 13.

The renewal fees are RM15 and RM30 for children and adults respectively.

Members are allowed to borrow three books for two weeks each.

Book loan renewals can be done at the counter or through the phone, but can be done only once.

The library also offers Online Public Access Catalogue (Opac) service, and E-Media electronic information service for access to old publications under the NSTP group’s collection from 1991 onwards.

An MPSJ branch office with a customer service counter and MPSJ Towing Depot are located at the same premises.

The public can pay their assessment taxes and compounds, as well as make enquiries related to the council at the counter.

Its operating hours are 8am-5pm on working days and 9am-1pm on Saturday.

MPSJ is in the process of upgrading the existing system at the counter, with plans for additional services like business licence application, rental of community hall/ sports facilities, application and issuance of dog licence, transfer application, and others.

For information and enquiries, call the MPSJ’s Bandar Puteri Puchong branch at 03-8062 7930 or 8065 1587.

Source: The Star

Residents Want MPSJ To Clean Up Taman Puchong Hartamas

The Taman Puchong Hartamas Residents Association hopes that the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) can clean up the drains in their area.

During a site visit with representatives from the council’s engineering and town services departments, residents association chairman N. Ramesh pointed out that the drains with stagnant water could easily become breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

MPSJ councillor Stephen Chin said four dengue cases were reported in Puchong Hartamas between April 1 and 17.

“There were also another two cases at the nearby Sri Menanti Apartments last month,” he said.

The residents also hoped that the council could upgrade the park by planting more trees, repairing the playground facilities and levelling the ground, construct humps on the roads near the park and trim the trees.

Chin also said he would use his councillor’s fund to add a gazebo and a few benches at the park.

Source: The Star

New Plan For Garbage Collection

CLEANLINESS is an issue close to my heart.

Under a pilot project, the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) will be introducing a central garbage disposal system for commercial areas, starting with Jalan Bandar in Pusat Bandar Puchong, Puchong.

Presently, the Alam Flora contractors’ garbage collection scope in commercial areas is done door-to-door every day except Sundays.

Business premises are required to have at least one garbage bin under Bylaw 6, Garbage Collection, Discard and Disposal (MPSJ) 2007 and Bylaw 18, Trade, Business and Industry Licensing Bylaw (MPSJ) 2007.

Business owners will be slapped with a maximum compound of RM1,000 if they fail to comply.

However, the reality is that people who often indiscriminately throw rubbish, claim that the existing garbage bins are insufficientrubbish bins.

This results in a messy situation and makes it more difficult for the Alam Flora workers doing the garbage collection rounds.

Under the project, we have identified several key garbage collection points in Pusat Bandar Puchong where large 1,000-litre bins will be placed.

A total of 12 bins, which can be attached to a compactor lorry, will be placed in Jalan Bandar 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 16.

The traders and shoplot residents will have to dispose of their garbage into these bins on their own as the door-to-door collection will stop and Alam Flora workers will only collect garbage from these 12 bins.

Meanwhile, the MPSJ will not entertain complaints regarding garbage thrown in front of shops or in the backlanes any more.

We started sending notices to the shop owners and traders from April 1 and the ruling will be effective from May 1.

We have also had meetings with the traders and distributed pamphlets to them.

The MPSJ has to spend an additional RM4,000 to rent the 12 bins, plus the RM6,000 per month for the Alam Flora services like sweeping the roads and garbage collection in Pusat Bandar Puchong.

We are starting in Pusat Bandar Puchong because this area has been receiving the most number of complaints.

We will monitor the project for about three months before looking at extending it to other areas.

The traders and public should also play their role by catching errant traders or passers-by who throw rubbish indiscriminately by taking pictures and reporting them to the MPSJ.

To better enforce the ruling, we are considering the idea of sending undercover MPSJ officers to monitor the area.

However, it is also the traders’ and business operators’ responsibility to ensure the cleanliness of their areas, as a clean space is sure to attract more customers and that would be to their benefit.

What is also lacking is the attitude and civic consciousness among the members of society.

Source: The Star

New Facilities For Puchong Residents Soon

A new sepak takraw court and children’s playground are among the facilities planned by the Residents Committee (JKP) Zone 16, Pusat Bandar Puchong and Bandar Puteri Puchong for this year.

Councillor Tan Jo Hann said the facilities would be built on the field in Jalan Wawasan 2/23, Pusat Bandar Puchong once approval is granted by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ).

“The court, estimated at RM15,000, will benefit the children and youths from the low-cost flats nearby,” he said.

The JKP is also planning to relocate the bus stop in front of Sri Begonia apartments as it obstructs traffic.

“A new structure will be built at the next road,” Tan said.

On the garbage problem in the low-cost flats in Jalan Wawasan 5/3, Pusat Bandar Puchong, Tan said the council had rejected the JKP’s application to replace the broken bins and repair the waste disposal room, but it was applying again.

The council rejected the application on the grounds that the money should come from the apartment’s management instead of the JKP but Tan said the JKP could help the management if it was unable to fork out the funds to solve this unhygienic situation.

He said the JKP was given an allocation of RM100,000 a year and 80% of it was to be spent on infrastructure, 17% on community activities and 3% on administration.

Tan said among the issues or complaints settled by the JKP since August 2008 included potholes (23%), streetlights (13%), pruning of trees (10%) and others.

So far the JKP has installed chain fencing from Jalan Serindit 1- Persiaran Wawasan link road, cleaning up of the lake in Taman Wawasan and installed drain covers near Tesco Puchong,

The other problems that require close monitoring are cracks on houses in Bayu Putri Apartments, Taman Wawasan 1 and 4, garbage collection in the commercial area of Pusat Bandar Puchong and illegal hawkers and restaurants.

JKP vice-chairman Simon Chin said while the JKP tried its best to take care of the area, the residents had to play their part, too.

Source: The Star

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

Selangor Aborts Cemetery Project

Puchong residents received a New Year gift from the Selangor state government in the form of a promise not to develop the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve.

In a New Year celebration in Puchong on Saturday morning, Selangor Tourism, Consumer and Environment Committee chairman Elizabeth Wong announced the state’s decision to abort the proposed cemetery project in the forest reserve.

Since April 2004, the residents had been fighting for the project to be scrapped so that the forest would remain a green lung.

In 2008, more than 1,500 residents from Saujana Puchong, Lestari Puchong, Bandar Bukit Puchong, Gateway Puchong and Mutiara Indah submitted a petition, protesting against the development, to the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ).

 

Wong described the state’s decision as a victory for the people.

“The forest reserve is rich with flora and fauna and thus should not be developed,” Wong said.

The forest is believed to have been settled by the Temuan orang asli tribe 400 years ago, and they are now living in two villages nearby.

Orginally, the forest spanned some 4,270ha, but it was degazetted for a variety of land uses over the years.

As of February 2009, 1,217ha had been gazetted by the Selangor government as an education and research forest.

Under the jurisdiction of the Selangor Forestry Department, the forest is on an 80-year lease, dating from 1996, to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

Wong said the forest reserve was exclusively for scientific research and not open to the public, except with permission from the forestry department.

Nonetheless, following the residents’ demand, the state government is now looking at degazetting a part of the forest reserve for a recreational forest.

“If possible, the site should be a degraded forest.

“We’ll probably cut some trails and make it into a site like Bukit Gasing.

“But we are not going to chop down trees for this, so as not to defeat the whole purpose,” Wong said.

The orang asli, who have vast knowledge of the forest, would be invited to be part of this plan by working as guides or guardians.

Wong added that the effort in retaining the forest reserve was in line with the United Nations’ International Year of Biodiversity, which was launched on Monday in Berlin, Germany.

“It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity in our lives.

“We will do more this year to avert the crisis,” Wong said.

Meanwhile, the state government, through the state planners, is looking for a more suitable site for the cemetery project.

Source: The Star

Take A Trip To Forest Reserve

The public will get the rare opportunity to visit the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve in Puchong during the upcoming World Habitat Day Programme and Malaysian Environment Week.

The event, to be held from Oct 23-25 at the main concourse of IOI Mall’s New Wing, is organised by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ), Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok’s office, Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) Forestry Faculty and IOI Properties.

It is organised in collaboration with the Department of Environment (DOE), Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan), Selangor Forestry Department, WWF Malaysia, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Subang Jaya district police, and Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP).

MPSJ public relations officer Azfarizal Abdul Rashid said the council-level event is aimed at increasing awareness on the need to protect and preserve the environment and ecosystem, encouraging green practices, and educating the public on the role that nature plays.

Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is scheduled to launch the event on Saturday at noon.

Among the highlights are the scheduled trips to the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve and Enviro-Challenge Competition.

The trip to the forest will be held held at 11am and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday (two sessions for each day).

It is open to the public for free. Transport is provided. Visitors have to register and gather at the IOI Mall’s lobby, as seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Enviro-Challenge Competition uses the “explorace” concept, whereby 100 participants (in groups of five) will cycle around Puchong to collect clues and complete tasks that are related to the environment.

The competition is held from 7.30am-11am on Saturday, and is targeted at students and youths. The competition offers prizes valued at RM2,000, RM1,500 and RM1,000 to the first, second and third place winners respectively.

A colouring competition for children will also be held at 2.30pm on Saturday.

For enquiries, call the MPSJ at 03-8026 3188/ 8026 7401.

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

MPSJ Orders Developer To Rectify Problem At Taman Mutiara Puchong

Chanelling the rain water into the lake is not the proper way to resolve the soil erosion problem at bank of the lake near Taman Mutiara Puchong, according to Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) engineering department deputy director Adnan Derahman.

“There should be no outlet discharging water into the lake. It is an offence under the law and it will also further induce the soil erosion problem,” he said.

Adnan said this during a meeting of the MPSJ with residents of Taman Mutiara Puchong and nearby housing estates and the developers of the housing projects around the lake.

MPSJ deputy president Mohamad Yusoff Ghazali chaired the meeting held at the MPSJ complex in Subang Jaya on Wednesday.

The soil erosion problem was first highlighted in StarMetro in July last year.

The developer’s company was featured in another news report on Jan 6 this year that the problem was caused by rain water flowing from the landscaped area into the lake.

The company has proposed to collect the water into a sump and then channel the water through pipes directly into the pond.

The residents have confirmed that the company has installed the pipes but they want the council to come out with a permanent solution to the problem.

In response, Adnan instructed the company to cover up the drains at the landscaped area.

“The level of the land should be raised so that the water will flow in an opposite direction, instead of flowing into the lake and worsen the soil erosion problem,” he said.

The residents, however, expressed concern that flooding would occur should the water flow into the residential area.

“Due to clogged drains, flood happens during downpours and the water covers up the roads and back lanes,” resident Michael Yeoh said.

Yeoh is the Taman Mutiara Puchong residents’ association assistant secretary and JKP Zone 9 vice-chairman.

Adnan then told the company to clean up the drainage system, giving it three days to submit its work programme to the MPSJ and a further 14 days to rectify the soil erosion problem. During the meeting, it was also revealed that the third phase of the housing project in Taman Mutiara Puchong has yet to be handed over to the MPSJ.

Adnan said the MPSJ would study and evaluate the clogged drains and soil erosion problems before receiving the project from the developer.

“We will conduct checks on the project based on the residents’ complaints,” he said.

Source: The Star

Trading Licences In Markets For Puchong Folks

Subang Jaya municipal councillors in Puchong want to ensure that Puchong residents are given priority to occupying the trading spots in the morning and night markets.

Councillors Gary Chong and Hamdan Ismail conducted an interview with traders, who have applied for trading licences to operate in Puchong recently.

A total of 68 applicants turned out for the interview held at the community hall in Taman Puchong Intan.

“We want to take care of our people, that’s why we are eliminating those who do not reside here. From now onwards, new applications will be screened and only Puchong folk will be given the licences,” Chong said.

Most of the traders who turned up applied for the licences to operate in the 78 stalls built by the Selangor State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN) in six areas in Puchong and Seri Kembangan.

The areas include Taman Kinrara 1, Bukit Kuchai, Jalan Merbuk, Taman Puchong Intan and Taman Perindustrian Puchong in Puchong, and Jalan Perusahaan 1 in Seri Kembangan.

“Most of the applicants are now operating illegally by the road. We want them to operate their businesses from a proper place,” Chong said.

In the inteview, the councillors checked the nature of the applicants’ businesses, their attendance in the basic food handling course and whether they had taken the typhoid fever vaccination.

Hamdan also reminded them not to lease the stalls to third parties.

“The rental is only RM50 per month and some might take the opportunity to rent the stalls to others. We do not allow such practice.

“We will conduct random checks to make sure that they adhere to the rule. We will not hesitate to revoke the licences,” Chong said.

He added that he also wanted to stop the unhealthy practice by associations to collect money from the hawkers.

“The association has no rights to collect the money, only the MPSJ can do so. Afterall, it is the council which provides the clean-up services after the market is closed,” he said.

Chong added that more interviews would be conducted in the future for the morning and night market applicants.

Source: The Star

Drain Deepening Work In Progress

Residents of Taman Paik Siong in Puchong, who had endured years of flood woes, can now look forward to flood-free days as deepening and cleaning works are being done on the drainage system.

The drain deepening and cleaning project is being carried out by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) after much urging by Selangor senior state executive councillor and Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok.

For over a decade, the residential area has suffered from floods each time there is a heavy downpour.

Due to Taman Paik Siong’s locality at a lower ground level, water from the higher neighbouring areas like Bukit Kuchai would gush into the housing area, leaving many homes inundated by as much as a metre high or more of water.

The residents have complained endlessly over the years about the flooding situation but not much had been done to resolve the woes, until the deepening works now.

Teresa said she was happy to announce the good news to residents in Taman Paik Siong and also at Section 3 Taman Perindustrian Kinrara that the flood problem would be a thing of the past.

“I often received many calls to my office from angry residents whenever a flood happens,” Teresa said during a visit to the area.

“After doing the much-needed urging, the council is now at least remedying the situation by cleaning up rubbish clogged in the drain, which is one of the contributing factors towards flood,” she said.

Source: The Star, 26 September 2008

Link To Be Ready In September

The missing link between Puchong Hartamas and Bandar Puteri Puchong will be completed by September, says the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ).

The 300m link was supposed to have been completed in May, following the negotiations in April.

It was agreed that the developers from both residential areas and the MPSJ would build the road together.

The plan was for the developers to lengthen the roads that serve as entrances into their respective areas, and once the works were done, MPSJ would connect these two entrances to form a link.

At the moment, the developers have done their part and it is now left to the council to link up the entrances.

When visiting the construction site recently, Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok expressed her dissatisfaction towards the delay.

“The construction of the road linking two neighbouring residential areas is a simple project, and MPSJ has many qualified engineers, so why is there a delay?” she asked.

MPSJ councillor Gary Chong pointed out that due to the lack of supervision and examination from the council, one of the developers did not construct the road based on the proposed level.

“Now, the level of the two entrances are different and it makes the linking difficult,” he said.

When contacted, a spokesperson from MPSJ said the delay was due to a technical problem involving the gradient of the road.

“It’s all right now, we will continue with the construction. Also, we need to raise the manhole as there is a water pipe underneath the road.

“This is to facilitate any servicing works in the future for Syabas,” he said.

He promised the road would be completed by Sept 21.

Source: The Star, 28 August 2008

MPSJ Starts Building Drain To Elleviate Flood Woes

Instant action – that’s what the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) took the day after its president inspected Kampung Tengah 13th Mile Puchong, Selangor, following a flood.

The MPSJ started work to construct a new drain yesterday as an immediate measure to alleviate flood woes there.

MPSJ president Datuk Adnan Md Ikhsan had accompanied senior state executive councilllor and Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok to visit the site on Tuesday to look for the best solution to the problem.

The 100m-long drain being built on state land runs parallel to the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP).

Construction of the drain is scheduled to be completed by the weekend, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Adnan said the land on which Kampung Tengah is located is low-lying and any heavy downpour would result in flooding as there is no channel for water to flow out.

“Previously, the water could flow out to the back but the land belongs to a private individual, who has built a retaining wall and raised the level of the earth, resulting in a higher land foundation now,” Adnan said.

“Even the drainage was sealed up. Therefore, the water could not flow out during the recent downpour,” he said.

Adnan said the new drain would allow the water to flow out. “The water would be able to flow out once this culvert is ready,” he said.

This is the second time that the council has carried out drain construction in the area.

Adnan said Kampung Tengah 13th Mile is a big area and after the first drain was built at another spot, water flow has improved and the council has not received any flood reports until the latest downpour.

The MPSJ, meanwhile, urged for the residents to pay up their assessment taxes so that it has sufficient funds to carry out maintenance works in their area.

Source: The Star, 12 June 2008

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