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| Wider Jalan Genting Klang to ease traffic congestion Posted: 31 May 2011 06:44 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR City Hall (DBKL) has upgraded Jalan Genting Klang in phases to ease congestion as well as to provide a smoother ride for motorists. The road, which has been widened from a double-lane road to a three-lane stretch, serves the eastern corridor connecting motorists to the Middle Ring Road 2. Traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen said 65,000 to 75,000 vehicles used the road daily. "People use Jalan Semarak and Jalan Gombak as an alternative route but now Jalan Genting Klang is attracting more motorists. Goh said traffic volume would eventually reach 100,000 vehicles a day after the development projects near the area were completed. He added that Jalan Genting Klang, including Jalan Setapak and Jalan Pahang would become a conurbation of Gombak. "Jalan Genting Klang used to be a single-lane two-way carriageway but has been slowly upgraded with a lot of constraints. Providing access to the old settlements in the area is a stumbling block when it comes to the design," he said, Goh said because of these problems, drivers would be lucky if they could drive at 60km/h in Jalan Genting Klang. He said the U-turns along the road were the cause of bottlenecks and there were four on a particular stretch. Goh said shops and office buildings on both sides of the road and motorists parking illegally also slowed down traffic along Jalan Genting Klang. "Pedestrian bridges are needed as it will be dangerous for people to cross the six-lane road. He said the road would end up like the Damansara-Puchong Highway in another seven years. "A good road design should have a highway engineer, traffic planner, urban planner and social economist because they will then have taken the social and safety aspect into account," he said. Under the 4km project, the road would be widened between 30m and 40m and include the building of drains, pedestrian walkway on both sides of the road and four pedestrian bridges. The first phase, costing RM20mil, is from Jalan Air Panas junction to Jalan 1/27A, while the second phase is from the Federal Territory border to the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2). Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Council monitors 600 hill slopes in Ampang Posted: 31 May 2011 04:07 AM PDT THOUGH landslips and soil erosion on government land in Ampang make up less than half of the reported incidents in May, the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) has already spend RM300,000 in repair work. Council president Datuk Mohammad Yacob said less than 10 of the reported 35 incidents in Ampang occurred on government land. "The first step usually taken when such reports, including the privately-owned ones are received, is to install tarpaulin sheets on the exposed soil to prevent water from seeping in," he said at the full board meeting yesterday. He added that there were about 600 slopes in Ampang to be monitored. Rectification work is then carried out accordingly but for incidents on private land, the owners will receive a notice from MPAJ to carry out repair work. "This month has also seen unusually heavy rainfall in Ampang, sometimes exceeding 70mm in one day," Mohammad said. It has been reported that the drainage system in Ampang can easily handle up to 55mm of water but anything more may lead to flash floods and other related problems. Mohammad said residents must be more involved in taking care of the slopes and commended the Coalition of Bukit Antarabangsa Residents Associations (Cobara) and SlopeWatch. "These organisations work closely with us and give information on what is happening on the ground such as landslips," he said, adding that MPAJ has its own eight-man slope unit headed by an engineer. He said in light of the recent tragedy in Hulu Langat, MPAJ had started doing an inventory of the houses on agricultural land in Ampang such as Kampung Kemensah, Kampung Ampang Indah, Bukit Sungai Puteh, Lembah Jaya Utara, Cheras Baru and Kampung Dato' Mufti. "Many of these houses do not have certificate of fitness and were built before the council was even formed. Residents who are living in risky slope areas will be sent notices to inform them of the dangers and their responsibility of maintaining their own land," Mohammad said. He added that many of these homes were built near the boundaries of the forest reserves on hillslope areas. Mohammad also commented that more details were needed on the 39 risky slope areas in Ampang that was mentioned by Public Works Department director-general Datuk Mohd Noor Yaacob in several reports. He also said out of the six applications to develop areas involving Class III slopes, only two were still being considered at the state Environmentally Sensitive Areas Development Technical Committee. "The two areas are in Sering Ukay and near Taman Hillview," Mohammad added. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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