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Zalnuddin SalimPenduduk

~ERI KEMBANGAN: Bahaya~ kotor! BegituJah luahanpenduduk Taman PinggiranPufra dekat sini, berikutanmasalah longkang yang tiadapenutup besi tetapi masih men-jadi laluan utama orang ramaisetiap hari.

Seorang penduduk, Zainud-din Salim, 53,berkata masaJahitu sudah hampir dua tahunberlaku dan tidak diselengga-ra pihak berwajib sehinggamenimbulkan kesusahankepada penduduk.

"Muan pernah dibuat pada2007oleh Jawatankuasa Pendu-duk Zon 19(JKPI9). KaJi terak-hir ia diselenggara dua tahunlalu, namun apabila masalah

itu terjadi seka1i Iagi, tiada tin-dakao diambil pihak berkuasatempatan.

"Sejak itu, longkaog di kawa-san bertcenaan 'ternganga' danmenjadi tempat orang ramalmembuang sampah. Bagi me-reka yang setiap ka1i mela1uikawasan itu sudah boleh me-

ngundang bahaya. Ahli JKP19yang kini bertukar pucuk pim-pluan juga tidak meugambilpeduli dan ia amat menduka-ciiakan kami," katanya.

Tinjauan Sentral mendapati,hanya beberapa kawasan yangboleh dilalui sementara lubangsepanjang dua meter tidak ber-penutup. Ia dipenuhi sampahsarap dan tayar lama dan tidak

KEADAAN longkang yang tidak diselenggara menJadi laluan ramai.

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dibersihkan serta hanya ditan-da deugan kayu bagi member!amaran kepada pengguua.

Paling membahayakan bag!pengguna yang melalui kawa-san itu pada waktu malam.

Seorang pengguha jalan,Mohd Shalie Shariff, 46, bem-ta besi~penutop longkang ituberkemungkinan dicuri pena-gih dadah untuk dijual sebagaibesi buruk bag! mendapatkanwang.

"Masalah besi penutup

hilang boleh diatasi jika besi J.itu disimen supaya ia tidak'dapat dikeluarkan dari situ.Se1ain itU, pihak berwajib jugaperlumelakukan pemantauansecara kerap." katanya.

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KesesakanPasarBasahSeriKembangandiatasiMPSJminta peniaga penuhi kriteria sebelum qerpindahke ,tempat barn, lebih sel~.a~~/'°OlehNurhasyimaHasimnurhasyima@bharian.com.my

SUBANG JAYA:Masalahkesesakan lalu lintasdan peniaga haram di

Pasar Basah Seri Kembangandijangka dapat diatasi apabilaMajlis Perbandaran SubangJaya (MPSJ) membina kemu-dahan pasar baru di SK6/1bagi menempatkan sebilanganpeniaga yang menjaja di luarkawasanpasar basah itu. '

YangDipertua MPSJ, DatukAdnan Md Ikhsan, berkatasebilangan peniaga itu bagai-

manapun perlu memenuhikriteria ditetapkan MPSJsebelum berpindah ke pasarbaru yang dahulunya medanselera. .

"Pemindahanperludilaku-kan memandangkan banyakaduan diterima daripadaorang ramai mengenai kese-sakan jalan raya di sekitarkawasanituberikutanpeniagamenjalankan aktiviti merekaatas tempat letak kenderaan,selain mengatasi masalah'pEmjajayang berniaga secaraharam di pasar itu.

"Kitamahuhadkanpeniaga

yang tak mempunyai lesensah dan gerai yang mempu-nyai banyakpemilikdaripadaterus berniaga di kawasanpasaL VValaupunada yangmembantah;' MPSJ tetapakan meneruskannya deniikebaikanmajoriti, di sampingmahu menyediakan kemu.dahan membeli-belah lebihselesa kepada orang ramai,"katanya. .

Beliau berkata demikianpada sidang media mengenaiisu pemind~$lllpeniagadipasar terbabit.7disini; batu-

"batu .mi. lIadir' sarna Ahl~,

Majlis MPSJ, Taj Ch.engHeng.. .,.' .

Katanya, kapasitipasarl>aru di SK 6/1 dtatas tapakkurang daripada sam ekaritudijangka menyediakan kemu-dahan tempat berniaga bagi,kira;kira 150peniaga dlmgankeutamaan pemindahan dite-rlKan kepada peniaga ataupenjaja yang mempunyailesenselain memenuhi beberapasyarat lain yang ditetapkan.

"MPSJ sudah melantik kon-traktor bagi pembinaan p~arbatu ini dan kos ketja yangdianggarkan ialah RM180,OOO.J

BERlTA HARlAN. 1 2 0CT 2009Tarlkh ......

Ia dijangkasiapdalamtempoh .~ 1ii'.~

dua bulan lagi. Justeru, kitaharap ini dapat memberikemudahan kepada peniagadan orangramai yangberuru- ;san di kawasanberkenaan.

"Niat kita juga baik, kitaada ruang dan temp at untuk .membuat bantahan sertaeadangan iaitu menghantarsurat atau bersemuka sendi-ri dengan pihak MPSJ.Jikamereka bantah pemindahanini, kita tak boleh paksa tapijika lesen tak diperbaharui,jangansalahkanpihakberkua-sa tempatanpula,"katanya. Adnan Md Ikhsan

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Masalah peniaga PasarSeri Kembanganselesaiakhir tahunKUALA LUMPUR 11 Okt. - MajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ)memberi jaminan akan menyelesai-kan isu peniaga di Pasar Seri Kem-bangan, yang menimbulkan masalahkesesakan jalan raya, menjelang akhir

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Md. Ikshan berkata, sebuah pasar se-dia ada akan diubah suai menjadipasar basah untuk memastikan pe-niaga-peniaga ini mendapat lokasiyang lebih tersusun serta berdekatan.

"Kami akan pastikan kirackira150peniaga sebagai kumpulan pertamaberpindah ke dalam pasar khas yang

disediakan."Ia pasti lebih tersusun dan MPSJ

juga sudah mengadakan taklimatkhas kepada peniaga ini mengenaistatusmereka," jelasnya ketika di-temui barn-baru ini.

Oleh itu kata Adnan, pihaknya tu-rut memberi amaran.kepada pemilik

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tapak supaya tidak menyewakan ta-pak mereka kepada orang ketiga.

Tegasnya, tindakan itu akan me-nyebabkan masalah barn timbul ke-rana pihak MPSJhanya mengiktirafpeniaga berdaftar sahaja.

"Jartgan'broker' lesenanda kepadaorang lain. Ia kesalahan besar dan

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boleh menyebabkan lesen penjaja ti-dak diperbaharui tahun hadapan.

"Kami h3J].Yamengiktiraf peme-gang le$en'.yang berdaftar denganMPSJ.Tinpakan menyewakan lesensedia ada hanya akan menimbulkanmasalah susulan yang menyusahkanpeniaga itu sendiri;.'katanya.

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Future option: There is a lot of land waiting to be developed at Putra Heights, where both the extensions are expet!ed to meet.

Commuterswant exactlocations of new'stations

. Stakeholderswill be ina better position to feedback

Convenience: There will be a station near Carrefour & Subang Paradeon the Kelana Jaya line extension.

'T HASbeen almost a month since

'rSyarikat Prasarana Negata Bhd... revealed its preferred alignlJ\ents

for the proposed extension to theKelanajayaand Ai]JpangLRTlines.

Since then, there have beennumerous calls by residents al)dstakeholders requesting that theexact locations of the stations beidentified. .

Having a clear idea of where these"srotions are located would help peo-ple provide feedback, comments andsuggestions to the prQposed lines as.

well as prevent any.confusion infuture that might hamper theproject.

Several locations have been pro-posed and it is believed that themost of the stations will be within a500m radius.of these locationswithsome exceptions.

The KelanaJaya line starts fromthe Kelana jaya station. passingthrollgh SubangJaya and U5j.before

. ending at Putra Heights. covering17km, with 13 new stations.

There are two stations in Petalingjaya. while Subang jaya has seven

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By BAVANI Mbavanim@thestar.com.my

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Left out: For some reason. the proposed LRTextensions bypass both the Bandar Sunway (right) and Summit USJ ar~as.

Tarikb; ..~~~~OCT2009................-

More information needed )'iI>1'-

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Prasarana needs to explain rationale behind proposed LRT 'ext~sion_HEN Syarikat Prasarana

Negara Bhd recentlyannounced the much-

anticipated propos'ed LRTlines forboth its Kelanajaya and AmpangLines,Iwas ecstatic!

The news was welcome relief,especiallyafter the recent increasein taxi and bus fares. [ basically liveand breathe public transport, and Iam all for measures that couldimprove our beleaguered publictransport system a few notches.

A selfish point of view, perhaps,but let's get real. The public trans-port system is the spine of everymajor city in the world. Without afirst-class public transport system,Kuala Lumpur can never stand upand be counted as one of the bestcities in the world.

That we still have to grapple withthe issues of traffic congestion andpublic transportation often baffles

me. It is no secret that Kl.'sgridlockcosts ~he city millions of ringgiteach day and. according to a state-ment from the Association for theImprovement of Mass-Transit(Transit) Klang Valley, congestioncosts are leading to the loss of 2%ofMalaysia's GDP (about RMI0bil)every year.

Is it because of the lackof capitaLexpertise, or the conviction tocome up with the best solutionwithout allowing anything, politi-cal interference included, get inthe way?

Prasarana's recent public displayof the proposed extensions and

Project to be ready by 2012> FROM PAGE 2stations located along jalan jengkaand Persiaran Kewajipan and threestations in Putra Heights.

The line' will have five stationswith multi-storey park-and-ridefacilities.

The Ampang line, which spans17.7km,starts at the SriPetaling sta-tion and passes through the Kinraraand Puchong industrial zones beforeending at Putra Heights.

It has 13 stations, with six multi-storey carpark and park-and-ridefacilities, including Putra Heights.Two stations are located in Kua[aLumpur, while 10 stations are in

Puchong.The 35km of lines,which are esti-

mated to cost about RM7bil,will beelevated and are expected to beready by 2012.

For those wanting to make com-ments and objections, note that thedisplay hours are from Monday toFridayfrom 9am to 5pm. It is closedon Saturdays, Sundays and publicholidays.

Views should be in writing andsubmitted to the Department ofRailways director-general's officebefore Dec 14.

For details call 03-2278 1222 orvisit www.dor.gov.my.

Feedback can also be made to:Department of Railways (MinistryofTransport )13th Floor, Menara Dayabumi.jalan Sultan Hishamuddin,50050, Kuala Lumpur.

Dewan Bandaraya Kuala LumpurGround Floor.Menara DBKL2,

'jalan Raja Laut,50350 Kuala Lumpur.

Majlis Bandaraya Petaling jaya

Lobi Menara MBPj,jalan Tengah,46200 Petalingjaya.

Majlis perbandaran Subangjaya,Levell, Persiaran Perpaduan USj5.47610 Subangjaya.

Majlis Bandaraya Shah AlamLobby A, Wisma MBSA,Persiaran Perbandaran,40000 Shah Alam.

alignments of the two LRTlines forfeedback from the people is trulylaudable. According to Prasarana'sgroup managing director DatukIdrose .Mohamed, Prasarana hadevaluated 10 alignments and decid-ed to choose the one that was themost cost-effectiveand reached thelargest number of people.

That sounds reassuring butthere is no denying that there isdiscontentment among the peo-ple since the maps were put ondisplay.. Some are unhappy that the lines

would be close to their houses,while others are unhappy about thechoice of some of the locations forthe proposed stations.

While I do understand that we allhave a tendency to speak and actout of self-interest and thatPrasarana is in an unenviable posi-tion where they can never satisfY

everyone, I believe that people havethe right to know why certain deci-sions are taken and the rationalebehind them.

According to Transit adviser MoazAhmad, there may have been someconstraints that affected the align-'ment and the locations chosen asthe entire project involves relativelybuilt"up and deVeloped areas.However, his view that Prasaranahas not revealed enough informa-tion is a valid one.

"Prasaranahas decided that theywill extend the LRT but they haveshown no studies to prove that theLRTis the best choice over the otheralternatives like trams or buses,"Moaz said.

"We also do not even know if

they have looked at any altemativesover the past five years.

"Prasarana has chosen Putra

Heights as the .final destination but--- -

Iprovided no data to show that it isthe best J?lace for the LRTto end, as .opposed to Puchong. Q;berjaya or IShah Alam. ".. I

. 'The line will bypass high-densityareas like Bandar Sunway and IPetaling jaya, 'But they have notexplained why they have chosen todothis," he added.

ram a believer that people are, ingeneral, reasonable beings and willbe less sceptical when logical expla-nations are provided.

I believe that people can certainlyprovide more feedback when theyare better informed.

Being more open will also cut.down on the unwarranted scepti-cism and criticism people haveagainst Prasarana.

More importantly, it will go along way in showing that the com-pany has the conviction to strive forthe best--

Good choice: Complaints of few public transport options at the Kg Muhibbah public housing project inPuchong have been addressed with one station planned for the area.

STAltTarikh: 12 OCT2009............