Go ahead for a road projects

The Star - 17 Apr 2007

TENDERS have been awarded for several road projects designed to ease traffic in Seri Kembangan.

The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) is optimistic that the projects will lessen congestion by 30%.

The total cost of RM10.4mil will be borne by a large pool of developers of housing and township projects of various sizes in Seri Kembangan. Currently, congestion is mainly along Jalan Besar.

Seri Kembangan assemblyman and MPSJ councillor Datuk Liew Yuen Keong announced details of the projects at his office in Taman Bukit Serdang recently.

He said a RM5.8mil carriageway would be built to connect Sections 1 and 7 of Serdang Perdana while a RM3mil carriage-way would be built between Bukit Serdang Section 14 and the Puchong-Sungai Besi Bypass near the Bukit Jalil Highway.

“An additional carriageway will be constructed from Bukit Serdang 3/1 to Jalan Putra Permai and connecting with Bukit Serdang Section 3. The first phase will cost RM1.6mil,” he said.

“Work on all three projects will start at the end of April and will be completed within six months to a year. We estimate that 15,000 households in Seri Kembangan will benefit from this,” Liew added.

The first project will benefit residents of Serdang Perdana, Sungai Besi Indah, Mines, Bala-kong, Serdang Lama and Taman Muhibbah because motorists heading to Kuala Lumpur will no longer travel through Serdang Raya.

“The second project is good news to Serdang Raya residents because the Bukit Serdang Section 14 connection will allow heavy vehicles from the Bukit Serdang Industrial Area to by-pass the residential area,” Liew said.

With the by-pass to be built under the third project, residents of Bukit Serdang Sections 6 to 14, Taman Serdang Utama and Kampung Seri Kembangan would no longer use Jalan Besar.

Liew also revealed details of a Public Works Department project to build a RM14.5mil flyover to ease congestion at the Serdang Raya junction. This will ease traffic on Jalan Utama Serdang Raya and will be completed by the end of 2008.

“The council is also in discussions with the PWD, Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) and police to work out additional plans to solve traffic woes on Jalan Besar.

“Proposed plans include building carriageways via Bukit Serdang 3/1, the Seri Kembangan Commercial Centre and Seri Kembangan 6/1.

“All this will only reduce congestion by a certain percentage but the Jalan Putra Permai-Putrajaya Dedicated Highway link will definitely benefit all,” said Liew.

“Even Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo is aware of the council's appeal to the Works Ministry for the proposed link and he is agreeable, seeing it would be the only link from Selangor. We hope the Works Minister will consider the state and council's stand,” he added.

Liew, however, expressed unhappiness over the decision not to extend LRT services to Seri Kembangan even though a station would be built in Puchong.

“We urge the Economic Planning Unit to consider having an LRT station in Seri Kembangan because it would benefit residents as well as UPM and Uniten students. The KTM Komuter and Rapid KL services aren't enough,” he added.

Also present at the press conference were Residents Associations and Village Development and Security Committee representatives.
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