To cut a long story short, we are back to square one again after four months of back and forth discusssion with Prasarana.
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| Meeting with MPSJ and Prasarana |
Even though the meeting was held during a work day, many BK 3 folks felt necessary to show up and support our cause for the good of BK 3 community. Fifty-five BK 3 residents showed up at the meeting last Wednesday morning. The turn out was just unbelievable.
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| BK 3 residents signing in. |
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| BK 3 residents at the briefing |
Besides that, the briefing by Prasarana in MPSJ office was a let down. They didn't bring anything new to the table. Everything was just the same like when it was started.
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| Encik Yunos Khashid, Pengarah, Bahagian Perancangan Bandar MPSJ |
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| Briefing from Prasarana |
To summarize the whole meeting:
1) No, the track can not be relocated away from the "green lung"
2) No, station no. 5 remains where it is.
This is the message Prasarana was telling us after four months of their study, with input from their consultants.
In other words nothing can be done.
It is our feeling the whole meeting was put together in a very rush manner with not enough facts to back up their points. Things just weren't explained to us in a satisfactory manner.
In other words nothing can be done.
It is our feeling the whole meeting was put together in a very rush manner with not enough facts to back up their points. Things just weren't explained to us in a satisfactory manner.
When BK 3 residents asked who decided station no. 5 has to be in BK 3, no one could give us an answer.
No explanation was given on the traffic study as well. Prasarana just mention this is a drop and ride station, without any parking area provided.
There was no traffic studies whatsoever on what impact the station will bring to the surrounding area.
Prasarana even presented us an artist's impression of how the station and track will look like at our green lung area (see below). It is not pretty.
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| Artist's impression of station no. 5 and track at green lung |
While our government often spend millions and millions of ringgit in building white elephant projects, they just couldn't allocate more fund to restudy, relocate and rebuild the ramp to BK 5 area so that the LRT track can be at the centre of highway?
With station no. 4 just a stone's throw away, why can't station no. 5 be relocated or canceled all together?
In the long run, that is the best solution with the least impact to the lives of the residents around our area.
So where is the silver lining?
With all the bureacracy our system has, we believe this is just one of the stages we have to go through. Quite simply put, neither Prasarana nor MPSJ are in a position to make the decision on our demands.
Therefore, MPSJ suggested we present a memorandum about LRT station no. 5 and track at green lung issue for them to be discussed at the next Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Selangor (MTES) meeting.
In other words, the Selangor government will be making the final decision. We are moving this thing higher up. That is the silver lining.
It is getting closer and closer to the end. We have waited for four months and will certainly continue to fight for the future of BK 3 community.
Your support has become more crucial than ever. We are still collecting as many signatures as we can. Please continue to provide us as much support as you can.
Be ready for the next meeting with the Selangor government. We will need more residents to be there to make our case stronger.
Therefore, MPSJ suggested we present a memorandum about LRT station no. 5 and track at green lung issue for them to be discussed at the next Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Selangor (MTES) meeting.
In other words, the Selangor government will be making the final decision. We are moving this thing higher up. That is the silver lining.
It is getting closer and closer to the end. We have waited for four months and will certainly continue to fight for the future of BK 3 community.
Your support has become more crucial than ever. We are still collecting as many signatures as we can. Please continue to provide us as much support as you can.
Be ready for the next meeting with the Selangor government. We will need more residents to be there to make our case stronger.
Help spread the news. It is not over yet but getting tougher.
Way to go. Keep up the pressure. That's how things are done in Malaysia. The very people who preach corporate social responsibility are the same people who will be the first to breach it. It'll be interesting to find out who are the people behind Prasarana.
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