The Star, Friday January 25, 2013
By FARAH FAZANNA ZULZAHA
farahfazanna@thestar.com.my
MORE than 20,000 residents in Kajang Utama will benefit
if a proposed project to build an underpass is approved by the Works
Ministry.
Serdang parliamentary liaison officer Datuk Yap Pian
Hon said the underpass would offer residents a shorter route to Kajang
than the existing detour along the Silk Highway.
“We are hoping
to receive good news by the end of the month,” said Yap, who has been
working on the underpass project since 2008.
He added that he had
met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the Works Ministry to
discuss the project and they would try to solve the problem as soon as
possible.
The underpass project was proposed before 2004 but Yap
was told there were no funds allocated under the Ninth Malaysia Plan
then.
“The cost of building the underpass was estimated at RM30mil,” he said.
The
proposed underpass would start in Jalan Maju and take drivers straight
to Jalan Bukit, providing residents with easy access to Kajang and
Semenyih.
Currently, residents from the three neighbourhoods in
Kajang Utama have to make a U-turn near Taman Bukit Mewah Phase 9, which
adds about 10km to their journeys to and from Kajang.
Yap said the longer route also caused a massive traffic jam along Jalan Reko, especially during peak hours.
He added that the underpass would also benefit students studying at Kajang High School or SMJK Yu Hua.
It is also hoped the underpass will revive the dying small and medium enterprises in the Taman Kajang Utama commercial centre.
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