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Jalan Tanjung still closed to traffic

THE controversial Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, is still closed to traffic despite a call by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to open up the road a week ago.

The decision was made by the mentri besar on Nov 22, after meeting Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and Dijaya Corporation Bhd, who were the developers of Bandar Utama and Tropicana Golf and Country Resort, respectively.

The road was closed on Nov 16 because the piece of land in front of the 1-Tech Park, on which the road passes through, is owned by BUCC.

Residents from Tropicana and the surrounding areas want the road opened while Bandar Utama residents are lobbying for it to remain closed.

When met during Malaysiakini’s 10th anniversary dinner on Saturday, Khalid said there was still an ongoing dispute between the two developers involved.

“I will try to resolve it on Monday (today) when I meet the two developers, as I know one had taken the case to court,” Khalid said.

He reiterated that the road would be open for one-way traffic after he had clarified the issue with both developers.

“It will be open for two weeks to allow commuters to use it as well as to ease the heavy traffic flow from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

“We will also be looking at the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes,” said Khalid.

When BUCC closed the road on Nov 16, it also announced that it had filed a suit in court to protect its rights.

BUCC director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok said they wanted assurances that the request to reopen the temporary one-way access for two weeks should not prejudice their court case with Tropicana.

Therefore, they had sought from Tropicana for confirmation that the reopening of the road would not prejudice the court case.

However, according to Teo, Tropicana had replied with a solicitor’s letter dated Nov 26 that they were “not privy to the discussions between Khalid and BUCC.”

“We are ready to reopen the temporary access for two weeks but this current impasse has made it impossible for us to do so,” said Teo.

Teo added that since the agreement between BUCC and Tropicana was in dispute, “all traffic plying the route after the reopening of the temporary access constituted a trespass and they had asked the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to take out the appropriate public liability insurance to protect these trespassers.

According to a Dijaya spokesman, there were no such conditions set during the Nov 22 meeting between the Mentri Besar, Dijaya and BUCC.

“We have no knowledge of these conditions so we cannot agree to them,” he said.

He said the public liability insurance was a request made to MBPJ and they had received a copy of the request.

Commenting on the court action filed by BUCC, he said neither their lawyers nor the company had been served the summons regarding the Jalan Tanjung issue.

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Sunday, November 29, 2009 News, Road Closure 0 comments