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by Tan Karr Wei at the MBPJ full board meeting

THE Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has extended the objection period deadline for the PJ Local Draft Plan 2 (RTPJ2) to Jan 28 next year.

The draft plans posted at four venues – the MBPJ headquarters at Jalan Yong Shook Lin, the MBPJ Landscape Department building in Kelana Jaya, the Umno office in PJS2 and the PKNS office in Kota Damansara – will be on display until Jan 28.

However, there will be no more briefing sessions as requested by residents of Taman Medan, Seri Setia and Bukit Gasing.

Petaling Permai flats Residents Association secretary Sihit Kadri had requested for another session because many association representatives were not present at the Dec 22 Taman Medan briefing due to lack of publicity.

Commenting on the questions raised by residents on why they were not consulted prior to the drafting of the plans, MBPJ town planning department director Sharipah Marhani Syed Ali said that there was an early consultation with the residents in 2003.

“Maybe the residents who raised the questions now were not aware of the consultation we did back then,” Sharipah said.

Petaling Jaya mayor Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said the plans were only a draft and the residents had another month to submit their objections and suggestions.

He said the MBPJ would hold another meeting with them after the Jan 28 deadline.Taman Mayang Jaya residents association chairman Liew Wei Beng wants the council to show evidence of notices given out for the RTPJ2 early consultation and attendance list of residents.

“Some of us were around even when the RTPJ1 was drafted but we're not aware that there was an early consultation session with residents for the RTPJ2,” Liew said.

All-Petaling Jaya Pro-Action Committee (Appac) committee member Mohamad Umar Peer Mohamad said the same issue had been raised when the RTPJ1 was drafted but the MBPJ still failed to take into consideration the residents' suggestions and comments when drafting the RTPJ2.

“Ideally, what the residents want is to be consulted at the planning stage, not later when only small changes are considered and the major portions of the plans pushed through,” Appac pro tem president Edward Lee said.

On another issue, councillor Krishnan Narayana Redy said that the Sony flyover (as it is commonly referred to because of its location next to what was previously the Sony building) in Lebuh Bandar Utama should be completed without any more delay.

The project is being delayed because Syabas (Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd) has yet to carry out pipe replacement and connection works.

Roslan pushed for Syabas and the development and maintenance department to complete the project by the end of January.

On the sloppy road patching on Jalan Datuk Abu Bakar (Jln 16/1) and Jalan Universiti, MBPJ maintenance department assistant director Ismail Shafie said companies that dug up roads to lay cables or pipes were required to mill and pave the road from kerb to kerb – not merely patching up the dug-up area – within a month of the completion of their work. .

He said they would take action against utility companies that failed to do so.

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