Proposed Damansara Shah Alam Highway (DASH)

There has been a newspaper report with regard to a new proposed Damansara Shah Alam Highway (DASH) with a proposed alignment which would cut through Mutiara Damansara to connect the highway from Puncak Alam in Shah Alam to the Sprint and LDP highways in Petaling Jaya.

According to STAR Newspaper cutting on 19 Dec. 2011, the article stated :

MUTIARA Damansara residents in Petaling Jaya are saying a firm no to a proposed highway that will cut through their neighbourhood.

Residents found out about the proposal to build the Damansara Shah Alam Highway (DASH) along Jalan PJU 7/7 and PJU 7/1 when they saw contractors surveying the land in the area.

Mutiara Damansara Owners and Residents Association (Mudora) president Tony Chung said there were houses and shops on either side of PJU 7/7 and it was not a wide road.

Chung, 41, said residents were told that the alignment would cut through Mutiara Damansara to connect the highway from Puncak Alam in Shah Alam to the Sprint and LDP highways in Petaling Jaya.

“We have not been consulted on the matter and we have written to the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and highway concessionaire Projek Lintasan Kota Sdn Bhd (Prolintas) to object against the alignment,” he told reporters at the Mutiara Rini sales office on Friday.

Residents also found out that the original proposed alignment went through Jalan PJU 8/1 in Damansara Perdana before joining up with the Sprint and LDP highways.

Action committee member Syed Mustapha Ibrahim, 61, said it was unacceptable to build such a highway in the middle of a well-designed and mature township.

“There is no land alienated for highways here, so why must they build one only after the houses have been built?” asked Syed, who has been staying there for seven years.

He said if the proposal was approved, Mutiara Damansara residents would be sandwiched between the highway and the MRT lines.

“Both projects are supposed to start in mid-2012 so we will have to deal with all the heavy construction and noise pollution,” he said.

Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong, who is also a Selangor executive council member, said the highway concessionaire had briefed the state government on the proposed highway two weeks ago.

“We have listened to their proposals but it is not up to the state to decide. It will be up to the local council,” said Wong.

She said there were five proposed highways that were not in the structure plan or the local plan, so the proposals would have to go through public consultation and hearing.

She said there were a few other proposals, including one that cut through the Kota Damansara Community Forest.

There was also a proposal to build the highway along Persiaran Surian, which had since been identified as part of the MRT route.

Wong said even at Persiaran Surian, many people had been asking for the MRT to go underground because there was a proposal to build a flyover to alleviate congestion along the busy road based on a traffic study conducted by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).

MBPJ councillor Chan Chee Kong said the council had been briefed on the project but no application had been forwarded by the highway concessionaire.

“We have requested them to get feedback from the residents because they are the affected parties. If they want to put in an application, it is part of the process to consult residents,” he said.

Chan said even the proposal to go through Damansara Perdana was not feasible because there were many condominium blocks along Jalan PJU 8/1.

Prolintas and MHA were contacted but have yet to issue any comments on the matter.

Proposed Meeting/Dialogue of Bayu Perdana's Resident's Committee with MBPJ Councillor & Member of Parliment Subang

A meeting between Bayu Perdana 2's Resident Committee and Mr. Kandeah a/l Subramaniam, MBPJ Councillor for Kota Damansara together with Member of Parliment of Subang YB Sivarasa will be held on 14 June 2012 (Thurs) evening at 8.15 pm at the vicinity of our Security Guard house to discuss some issues pertaining to the security of our housing area (provision of power & compound lighting of our security guard house) and essential services of MBPJ (frequency of garbage collection & upkeep/replacement of manhole covers on our municipal roads & frequency of grass cutting along the road shoulders).

Please be informed that any complaints with regard to MBPJ services such as frequency of garbage collection, grass cutting, loss of road manhole covers etc. can be reported directly & easily through MBPJ's website at the following website : http://eps.mbpj.gov.my/index.aspx 

All you need to do is to register yourself (free) on the website and file in your complaints directly which should be attended by MBPJ. If all the residents file in their complaints on a particular matter, it will require a faster response as receiving 10 nos. of complaints against 1  no. of complaint on the same matter will definitely warrant a faster response!

New Security Guard House Cabin installed

Just to inform all residents that we have purchased & installed a new Security Guard House (Cabin) to replace the old Security Guard Tent (which is broken at one of its legs & leaking) at the cost of about RM 3,000.00 on 5 June 2012. We will be collecting RM 150.00 from each residents for the cost of this new security guard cabin. We are hoping to be able to apply for the power to be connected to this new security guard cabin to provide better lighting at night in the light of the recent attack on both our guards.

We have also changed the security services operation time to 7.30 pm till 7.30 am instead of the old 7.00 pm till 7.00 am security time since it is still bright around 7.00 pm and still dark around 7.00 am in the morning.

Daylight Robbery at Jln. Kenyalang 11/4A

Just to inform all the residents that one of our non-paying residents (an elderly lady) was mugged & robbed of the handphone outside her house by 2 Indian men on a motor cycle around lunchtime on 4 June 2012 (Monday). She was threatened with a knife held to her neck just outside her house before the 2 men got away with her handphone.

Our Security Guards attacked & robbed on 23 May 2012

Just to inform all residents that both our security guards were attacked & robbed in the early morning hours at about 5.00 am on 23 May 2012 at the guard house by a group of 5 Indian men in a car. Both our security guards lost all their moneys & handphones after they were attacked by the men in the car when they were stopped from entering our housing area at the guard post. One of the security guard was quite badly beaten (beaten using the patrol batton stick on his head) and was hospitalised for 3 days. A police report was lodged by the security guard company and the Residents Committee had a meeting with the deputy Ketua Balai Polis of Kota Damansara (Sgt. Abd. Latif) at the place of incidents a few nights later to discuss the incident and new security measures to be undertaken. The Residents Committee made a decision & to replace the existing damaged old Security Guard Tent with a new Security Guard Cabin come with lighting points and a spotlight will be fixed on it if we can get power to be connected to the new Cabin at the suggestion of Sgt. Abd. Latif.