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SUBANG JAYA - MajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ) diminta membaikpulih beberapa jalanbermasalah berdekatanUSJ 1, di sini.

Ahli MaJ1isMPSJ, RoslanShamr Mohd Shamr ber:

kata, beliau menggesaJabatan KejuruteraanMajlis untuk memantaujalan-jalan yang bermasa-lah ~erdekatan taman pe-rumahan dan taman rek-reasi di sini.

"Ada di antara jalanyang tidak boleh hanyaditurap sebahagian 'sahajakerana ia beralun ataumenimbulkan masalah ke-pada pengguna.

"Oleh itu, sa.yamemohonjabatan berkenaan supayamembaiki sepenuhnya ja-lan-ja.Ian berdekatan USJ 1untuk memberikan ke-mudahan selesa kepadapengguna," katanya.

Sebelum ini Sinar Harlanturut menerima aduan

darlpada penduduk yangmemaklumkan ada. di ant-

ara permukaan jalan di .USJ 1 yang tidak rata danmenimbulkan masalah ke-selamatan te"rutamanya ke-pada pengguna motosikal.

Penduduk berkenaanmemberitahu keadaan men-jadi sulit apabila lampu ja-Ian juga tidak berfungsi danmenyebabkanpenunggangtidak nampak jalan yangberlubang atau rosak. ~

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Puchong kini boleh menariknafas lega apabila Majlis Per-bandaran Subang Jaya. (MPSJ)membina lampu isyarat di be-berapa simpang yang seringber-Iaku kejadian kemalangansebelum ini.

Pembantu Khas, Ahli Dewan

Undangan Negeri (ADUN) SeriSerdang, Kuan Chee Heng ber-kata, pihaknya mengucapkanterima kasih kepada MPSJ danJabatan Keselamatan Jalanraya

(JKJR) kerana memenuhi keper-luan yang sangat penting kepadapenduduk.

Menurutnya, sebelum inipihaknya sering menerima aduanbahawa beberapa simpang ter-masuk di Maju Jaya dan TamanWawasan, Pusat Bandar Puchongmenjadi lokasi sering berlakunyakemalangan.

"Penambahan penduduk dikawasan berkenaan kerana

pembukaan taman perumahanbarn menyebabkanjumlah alirantrafik turut bertambah.

"Disebabkan itu beberapasimpang tiga di kawasanberkenaan sering berlakunya

kemalangan berkemungkinankerana kekurangan kemudahan

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kawasanberkenaankeranapembukaantamanperumahanbarumenyebabkanjumlahalirantrafikturutbertambah.Disebabkanitubeber~pasimpangtigadikawasanberkenaanseringberJakunyakemalanganberkemungkinankeranakekurangankemudahaninfrastrukturataukelalaianpemanduitusendiri.

- PembantuI<has,Ahli DewanUndanganNegeri(ADUN)SeriSerdang,I<uanCheeHeng

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infrastruktur atau kelalaian

pemandu itu sendiri:' katanya.Beliau berkata, selepas ke-

wujudan lampu isyarat berkena-an, pemandu akan mudah,untukmembelok ke simpang dan me-ngurangkan risiko kemalangan.

"Sebelum ini sudah beberapakali saya melihat di hadapan

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. CheeHeng(tengah) clanpehduduksetempatberterimakasih kepadaMPSJ di atas pembinaanlampu isyarat di Maju Jaya Risikokemalangandi simpangtiga di Maju Jaya bakal berkuranganapabila lampu isyaratdibina.

mata sendiri bagaimana ken-deraan berkenaan merempuhsesama sendiri.

"Ia gara-gara mereka sendirikeliru dengan keadaan trafikditambah dengan ketidakcsempurnaan jalan berdekatanMaju Jaya me:quju ke Thman'ThsikPrima:' katanya.

thee Heng berkata, ramaipengguna jalan raya barn yangkeliru dengan keadaan jalan ter-utamanya pada waktu malam.

'~da yang tidak biasa denganjali;U1ini akan memandu ternsmelawan arus jalim tanpa me-nyangka ia menyebabkan tragedikemalangan.

"Di kawasan bersebelahan ja-Ian utama itu ada jalan rizab ber-lebihan yang boleh dibina jalandengan lebih sempurna,"katanya.

Beliau berkata, reka bentukjalan berkenaanperlu dibaikpulih: semula kerana selama lebih .

10 tahun penduduk masih ber-hadapan masalah sama.

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MPSJ gets tough on.indiscriminate dumpingTHOSE who are nabbed for indiscriminatedumping will be slapped with a fine of up toRM2,OOO,SubangJaya municipal councillorTaiCheng Heng said.

'This problem has been going on for years. Jbelieve this happens everywhere, but the situ-ation in Seri Kembangan is deplorable.

"Although Alam Flora workers clean thearea, the problem persists.

"Each hawker has to manage the waste him-self, instead of dumping it elsewhere.Enforcement officers will be stationed there tocatch.the culprits," he said.

A check by StarMetro revealed that rubbishwas thrown outside the compound of the SeriKembangan multipurpose hall and into thedrains.

Rubbi$ was also strewn around a sign pro-hibiting illega.ldumping.

Shopowner yauKim Boi, who has beendoing business in the area for the p~st 3)

years, is one of those affected by the indis-criminate dumping as it is near her shop.

"Theproblem has been goingon for almost I10 years, after the number of traders in the Imarket increased.

"Althoughthe Alam Floraworkers come to fclean the area every morning, some hawkers Iwill dump their rubbish after the morning Imarket closes, dirtying the place again," she Isaid.

She noticed that some traders who soldfood!would pour the excess soup into the drains. I-Aside from the stench, she is also worriedthat the unhygenic conditionwould affectthe Ihealth ofresidents. I

"Of late, there are many mosquitoes and I'm Iusing'two fans to keep them away."

Taialso- encouraged the public to take pho-tographs of those dumping rubbish indiscrimi-nately so'that they could be used as evidence incourt.

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Families left homelessThree houses destroyed and four partly damaged in fireBy OH ING YEENingyeen@thestar.com.my

EVEN familieswere madehomeless after a fire brokeout at about 4.30pm on

Wednesday in Serdang jaya,Serdang.

Three houses in Lorong2f1Awere destroyed while four otherswere partlydamaged.However,noone was hurt in the incident.. The fire is suspectedto have

I been caused by a short circuit.According to the victims, it

I was the first time that a fire hadbroken out in the 30-year-oldhouses.

The fire brigade arrived within10 minutes after it was alertedand the blaze was put out within40 minutes.

One of the victims, Fong KitOnn, whose house was the firstto catch fire, was sleeping onthe first floor when he wasawakened by his mother'sscreams and found his housefilled with smoke.

'The smoke was so thick, Icouldn't see anything.We just ranout of the house,"he said.

Headded that they did not man-age to save any of their importantdocuments as their only thoughtthen was to escape.His house wasnot insured.

Anothervictim,Wong AhKeow,

Dousing the flames: Firemen aiming their hoses at one of the houses. Ttiey managed to put out thefire within 40 minutes.

a 57-year-old hawker, was havingtea at a nearby shop when the firestarted.

"Myneighboursquicklynotifiedme. Luckily,it did not happen inthe middleofthe night,and thank-fully, my 88-year-old mother gotout in time.

"The top floor of my house isdestroyed and the water tank isnow leaking~We'll be staying at arelative'shouseforthe time being,"she said.

ing me ofthe fire. ."I'm thankful that the fire bri-

gade and NGO~acted in time andthat the neighbours helped eachother,"he said.

He .added that the victims.could opt to stay in homes pro-vided for disaster victims inKinrara.

"We also have a fire squad onstandby round the clock at theMPSjheadquarters to help the firebrigade,"he said.

Subang jaya MunicipalCouncil (MPSJ)president DatukAdnan Md Ikshan, who arrivedat 7.30pm to clieck on the situ-ation, distributed spme moneyto the victims.

The three. families who werebadly affected vyeregiven RM500while the other four receivedRM300.

"I was celebrating Hari RayainGombak when I received a callfrom one of the councillorsnotify-

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SerdangRayaflyoverto bereadybyChineseNewYear.. ByNoel Achariam

streets@nstp.com.my

SERIKEMBANGAN:An end is fi-nally in sight for the long-delayedRM14.2million SerdangRayafly-overproject.

. The project, aimed at easingcongestion at the Serdang Rayajunction, is now targeted to becompletedbyFebruary.

Seri KembanganassemblymanEanYongHian Wah said the longoverdueflyoverprojectwas 80percentcomplete.

"Wehavejust spokento the con-tractor andhe assuredus that theproject was.on schedule.We areexpecting the project to be com-pleted by ChineseNew Year," hesaid at the SerdangRaya flyoverproject siteoffice.

The project is part of the Serd-ang RayalPuchong-SungeiBesiupgrading works.

EanYong,who isalsoaSelangorstate executivecouncillor, said asourcehad informed him that thecost of the project had escalatedfrom RM14.2million to RM19mil-lion.

"The federalgovernmentissaidto have allocated another RM4million for the project. If my in-formation is correct, I hope thatthe extra money will be spent onupgrading the entire stretch ofJalanSerdangRaya,"hesaid.

Ean Yong said the contractorhad informed him that they wouldbeupgrading part of the roads atJalan Utama Besar and JalanSerdangRaya.

"Oncetheflyoverproject iscom-pletedin February,the contractor

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will need another four months toupgrade the surrounding roads.The whole Serdang Raya!Puchong-SungeiBesi upgradingproject shouldbecompletedin Ju-ly," hesaid.

About 20,00QJllotoristsare ex-pectedtobenefit from the upgrad-ingproject.

Also presentat the press confer-ence were Serdang member ofparliament TeoNie Ching and Su-bangJayacouncillorNgSzeHan.

Teo said the delay in completingthe flyover could have beenavoided.

"Originally, the project wasscheduled to be completed in2008, but because of a land dis- .pute and an incomplete design,the project had to be halted severaltimes.

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"This has resulted in the govern - tion, it was revealed that the landment forkingout more of taxpay- belongedto PWD.ers' money to fund th~ project. Work on the project resumed in

"The problem.c.ould have been November 2007 but it wasn't longavoided if. thet!'!Was a proper before the project was stoppeddesign of the flyover. 'The. flyover againJoMarchlastYear.could have be~ completed in :rbec9J1trattorhadclaimed thatone-anq-a-half ~eaI'$i .ltiStead, it the flyoVerdesigr,tby PWDw8,f~in-too~. .thre~.and4t-hall'~:years. to 'coInpl~te and it had toappoinlan-complete. The Public WOrks De- other cQDSUltantto draw upa newpartment must take full respons- design.ibility for the delay," Teosaid. Teo said the design cost

The project to build the l.lkm RM150,000 and it was borne. byflyoverstarted in December2006, thecontractor.but was halted in July 2007 due to In September last year, the newa land dispute between the Public design was approved by PWDandWorks Dep'artment (FWD) and work on the flyover resumed inTechnology Park Malaysia {TPM}. November of the same year.

TPM had claimed that the bmd The project by PWD to easewhere the flyoverwas supposed to traffic on Jalan Utama Serdangrun throughbelongedtothem. Rayawas initially scheduledto be

After conducting an investiga- completed by the end oflast year.

NEW STRAITS TIMESTarikh. 25 SEP2009. ..............................