Too close for comfort

Anyone who travels on Bukit Jalil highway can see the construction of LRT track is getting closer to our area. The barricades and piling machines are there, and some of us may have noticed workers are roaming in and out of our area. Needless to say, the decision has to be made very soon on the realignment of the tracks.

From the information we gathered recently, Prasarana has prepared their report for a second dialogue on the realignment. We will meet them again very soon to discuss the matter further.

We also found that their contractor had come in the other day to chopped off some of trees at our green lung. However, we managed to get them to stop until the final decision on the alignment of track is made.

Some trees already cut at our green lung

Some piling machines have also started work at Kinrara industrial area next to the pedestrian bridge, making one wonder if station no. 5 is back on again. However, Prasarana has told us that station no. 5 is still off at this moment. We just hope that they are not pulling our legs.

Piling machine at Kinrara Industrial Park

Honestly speaking no one can tell how the outcome will be on the realignment of the track. One thing for sure is the residents of BK3 have been showing great solidarity in the whole ordeal. We are still hoping for the best in the upcoming second dialogue in MPSJ. You continuing support is still required until the end.

Back to Drawing Board!

It is consensus opinion amongst BK3 residents who attended the dialogue in MPSJ yesterday that Prasarana should go back to drawing board again to restudy the alignment of the LRT track.
 

Prasarana should go back to drawing board

With the presence of YB Theresa Kok, residents who attended the dialogue pointed out no matter how difficult it is, it is still an engineer's job to find the best solution to realign LRT track back to the middle of Bukit Jalil highway. 

As it is now, Prasarana is just taking the easy way out without considering the negative impact the tracks will bring to the residents.

Although the residents found out from the dialogue station no. 5 is indeed canceled (now marked in the drawing as possible future expansion station), nothing has been done to the realignment of the LRT track.

There are other parties present who wanted the station back but they were easily out-numbered by the residents of BK 3. The support from the residents of BK3 has been incredible all this while, even after facing so many obstacles, including sacrificing their time during work hours to attend the dialogue yesterday.

Some proponent of station no. 5 also feel bad for the residents in BK3, and openly supported the effort to push for the realignment of the tracks as well. 

It is inconclusive at this moment whether station no. 5 will be brought back but judging from the presence of the supporters from various camps, BK3 residents definitely have the upper hand.

One clear message we are sending to them is there is no way BK3 residents can accept station no. 5 in our area without realignment of the LRT track.

Say no to LRT track on green lung

In a separate event, it is rather unfortunate some residence in KL have to face similar predicament as us here in BK 3 with the MRT alignment. Is Prasarana really bulldozing their way aruond? According to Ong Tee Keat, they certainly are (read the full article here).

Malaysia Insider article on MRT realignment issue

Are they doing the same thing to us here in BK3? It certainly feels that way.

Update on LRT station no. 5 and track realignment

A quick update on the issue.

The state is having second thoughts on cancelling station no. 5. Apparently there are some parties who want the station to be put back at our area.

As with the realignment of the track, we haven't heard any more news on that since the last update.

With that in mind a meeting has been arranged by Mr. Gobind Singh and MPSJ for all parties to present their points.

We urge all the residents to show up up and support our effort to keep station no. 5 out of our area, and at the same time keep voice out our concern on the track in our green lung area.

THE MORE PEOPLE THE BETTER!

In order to show that we are serious what we want, please show up in full force to provide your support.

                    Date: 23rd, 2012 Thursday

                    Time: 3pm

                    Venue: Laman Kenaga, Aras 1, Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya

Again, if you need to take a half day leave, please do. If you don't have transport and want to be there, contact us. If you can not make it, ask your neighbour or relative to attend. Your support is the utmost important thing now.

No station no. 5 in BK3 ?

Yes! There is no more station no. 5 in BK 3.

In a "teh tarik" session with Mr. Gobind Singh this morning in BK3, he confirmed that there will not be a station no. 5 in BK3.

However, only half of the issues we proposed are settled. There is still no conclusion yet on the realignment of LRT away from the green lung area.

We have suggested a few proposals and the discussion is still on as to the best alternative to get it done. Right now the track will still be as per the original design, running along on the green lung area. Mr. Gobind Singh has assured us they will look into all angles, discuss and come up with the best possible solutions.

Meanwhile, we can at least know that BK 3 will remain the way it is, a quiet and peaceful community.
 

MPSJ coming to Bandar Kinrara

Upon urging by BK3 Protem Committee, Gobind Singh has finally fulfilled his promise to get MPSJ to our place to hear our concerns.

 

There will be a dialog session held at BK2 Multipurpose Hall to discuss the ongoing issues affecting BK2 & BK3 residents. 

                         Venue: BK2 multi purpose hall

                         Date: 24th. September, 2011

                         Day: Saturday

                         Time: 9:30 am

Please pass the word around to other BK2 & BK3 residents about this dialog which is crucial for us as a community to ensure that our BK2 & BK3 environment is protected.

 

We should voice out our concern over : 

- illegal banners that make our environment so ugly and pathetic.

- cleaners who are inefficient in cleaning our environment.

- upkeep of playground and football padan.

- security issues.

- illegal hawker stalls that are mushrooming.

- new playground opposite Merak Apartment should be properly planned

- 17 years the roads leading to all our houses are badly damaged and no upgrading has been done before.     You see patches here and there. 

- and any other issues our residents have.

 

SKIP HIGHWAY

One major thing is the SKIP Highway that will start from Giant and hit straight through BK6 passing by BK Golf and joining Serdang to Putrajaya. 

Check out STAR online and our post on this news.   

Not only we have LRT, we have also SKIP Highway – BK6 residents should be very concern as the highway partly elevated and some points the existing road will be converted to highway. 

If you study the map, something fishy is going on.  It starts from Giant but coming from where?  BK1 & BK2 road from Army Camp??? 

We suspect it will come from LDP which is what Prasarana always say that they cannot divert the LRT tracks cos in future LDP will extend their highway. 

One can go nuts with the authorities. 

Banners will be up by MPSJ at strategic locations this week.  

Meanwhile, our LRT issue now is up to the state level. We are still waiting for the outcome.

 

Kinrara centre of it all

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all our muslim friends and happy holidays to all.

In the Star paper today, Kinrara will be seeing some major changes in the near future.

Coming our way will be a Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya highway (SKIP). 

According to the report the construction is supposed to start end of next year and expected to finish in 2016.

The new Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya highway

From the map I can see that the highway will start someway next to Giant supermarket in BK4, and heads towards Serdang direction. It will then split into two at the middle, with one heading towards Putrajaya while the other towards Sri Kembangan.

Although there are not much details yet, I imagine they will upgrade the road in front of  Kinrara golf course to make it part of the highway, then eventually joining back to Bukit Jalil highway somewhere near Giant supermarket in BK4.

With that highway, there are certainly a few new ramps and road intersections at our area. Is that one of the reasons affecting the LRT alignment that Prasarana is not telling us? It could be.

It is also funny the report mention the new highway will help to ease the congestion on LDP in front of IOI mall. How is that so I have no idea when the highway isn't linked anyway close to IOI mall at all.

What will happen for sure is, with the new LRT line and highway in the future, all at the Bukit Jalil highway area, Bandar Kinrara will see some of the heaviest traffic congestions in the Klang Valley. I wonder we will be able to move around anymore.

Major highways should be designed to join other major highways (for example North-South-Highway to Kesas, Kesas to North-Klang-Valley expressway, etc) in order not to have bottlenecks. By joining the new highway to the smaller roads in our area is a traffic congestion disaster waiting to happen.

And that's not all. There will be yet another Kinrara-Damansara highway linking our area to Pusat Bandar Damansara in the pipe line according to the report. I have no idea where that highway will join to.

Meanwhile, we are still waiting for a reply on our LRT problems. With all the festive holidays, it could be a while.

"Teh tarik" with Mr. Gobind Singh

About a month ago we were at Mr. Gobind Singh's office discussing about the LRT issue. While we were there, we also complained that since he was elected, he had never really set foot in BK 3. It is about time he should pay us a visit.

So when he mentioned about paying BK 3 folks a visit to have breakfast and “teh tarik”, just to say hello, we gladly accepted the offer.

The day finally came.

Residents paying attention to Mr. Gobind Singh

The meeting was informal and pleasant. Besides the LRT issue, many residents have other grouses like pot holes at our roads, uncleared side walk rubbish, and lack of road side car parks for the apartments.

A resident making a point.

While there is no guarantee all our problems will be solved, Mr. Gobind Singh did promise to look into all the complaints that we have.

The protem committee chairman En. Amin also took this opportunity to pass Mr. Gobind Singh the memorandum to be handed over to our Selangor MB.

Protem committee chairman Encik Amin handling over the memorendum

To me the best thing about the meeting was the walk around of BK 3 to show Mr. Gobind Singh our various problems and the location of  LRT track and station no. 5.

Taking a walk around the neighbourhood

By showing him the exact location of the LRT track and station no. 5 at our green lung, he could really feel how frustrated the residents are with the poor planning by Prasarana.

The LRT track will be right here.  See how close it is to our houses

Station no. 5 will replace all these trees

While it is hard to say what will come out of this, we certainly hope that the next step we take is the right one.

Residents giving their final thoughts.

Now the waiting game continues again. We really hope that Mr. Gobind Singh keeps his words and we get to meet our MB to present our case.

Meanwhile, get yourself ready. When that day comes, please show up in full force to show your support. We will need all the help that we can get.

(p/s: I think using "Mr." as a title to address someone sounded much more approachable and down to earth, instead of "YB". I am sure Mr. Gobind Singh doesn't mind that. After all even the president of United States is also addressed as "Mr. President". No disrespect here.)