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THE Jalan Tanjung service road in Bandar Utama does not sit on the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) highway reserve.
The road, which served as a connection between Bandar Utama and areas like Tropicana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara, was scheduled to be closed in six months because part of the land which it passes through belonged to a private developer.
The other part of the road was believed to be sitting on LLM reserve but a LLM spokesman said only a small portion was built on their reserve and they had no use for that bit of land, which was on a slope.
Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong said if that was the case, the state would look into taking back the land.
To accommodate the closure: For six months, the traffic flow in Bandar Utama would be changed to a one-way system and only cars coming out of Tropicana would be allowed. She said the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) had received the petition from residents and it would be up to them to make recommendations to the state regarding this matter.
“They should submit a paper to be tabled at the state exco meeting,” said Wong, adding that if land acquisition was an option, the council should discuss who should bear the cost of acquisition and compensation.
Representatives from various residents associations in the area had on Tuesday handed over a petition with more than 11,000 signatures to the council to call for the road to remain open.
The council had discussed the matter during the traffic and infrastructure sub-committee meeting recently but has yet to make an announcement on the outcome.
“We’re are now exploring all options that will benefit the residents,” said Wong.
Spokesmen from Highway concessionaires PLUS and Sprint have said that they have no expansion plans for their respective parts of the highway in the area.
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SIGNBOARDS informing motorists that the access to Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, was closed have been covered up with black plastic bags.
Jalan Tanjung has been used as a connection between Bandar Utama and areas like Tropicana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara.
The Bandar Utama developer announced recently that the road would be closed after 12 years of being used as a temporary access road as a piece of land near the Bandar Utama Technology Park belonged to them.
The agreement was for the road to be changed to a one-way flow coming out of Tropicana starting from Nov 20 for six months before being closed.
Covered up: The ‘Access Closed’ signs in front of the Riana Green condominium covered with black plastic bags. After the announcement that the road would be closed, residents from areas like Tropicana and Sunway Damansara submitted a petition to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) on Tuesday.
Many were also against the closure because of the potential increase in traffic going into Persiaran Tropicana and into BU11 and BU12.
Residents who submitted the petition at the MBPJ headquarters in Jalan Yong Shook Lin also protested when signboards with the words “Access Closed” had been put up near the Riana Green Condominium.
Bandar Utama Development Sdn Bhd director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok told StarMetro that his contractors were not supposed to put up the signboards until later and had asked them to cover the signs for now.
Source : STAR
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