Take advantage of extended deadline

Post date: Jul 05, 2015 1:18:18 PM

Published: Thursday September 11, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM

Updated: Thursday September 11, 2014 MYT 11:53:45 AM

PHOTOS BY P. NATHAN AND VINCENT TAN

IT HAS been seven days since the deadline to object the proposed amendments to the Petaling Jaya Local Plans (RTPJ) was extended, but the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) received only about 1,400 objection forms.

The new deadline to submit the objections for both the RTPJ 1 and 2 is Sept 22.

The majority of the objections received, over 1,000, were against the proposed Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Highway (Dash) under RTPJ1.

Another 300 were against the rezoning of a temple land in SS4B.

Damansara Utama assemblyman Yeo Bee Yin said aside from the objections to Dash and the land in SS4B, the feedback on proposed rezoning of other parts of the city had been very few.

She expressed worry that the majority of Petaling Jaya residents might not be aware of the RTPJ draft objection exercise, or found it difficult to obtain reference materials on the draft amendments.

The SS2 area had 172 properties up for proposed rezoning from residential to limited commercial, mainly centred around Jalan SS2/75 (63 properties), Jalan SS2/55 (72), followed by Jalan SS2/66 (29), Jalan SS2/24 (five) and Jalan SS2/72 (three).

Other city areas such as Jalan SS24/9 and Jalan SS24/10 are also being proposed as limited commercial areas, affecting 47 property lots in what is already a crowded business area with the Taman Megah badminton court and Ming Tien food court.

“When we queried MBPJ on the proposed rezoning, the answer was that the majority of the properties there are already ‘limited commercial’, and the change would make the renewal of the business licences there more straightforward,” said Yeo.

However, those living in the nearby areas such as “limited commercial” might be affected in terms of traffic and noise, she added.

“We are not taking sides, the aim is to let people know about the local plans’ draft amendments, and if you have views or objections on the matter, you need to speak up now,” said Yeo.

Yeo is now in the midst of arranging a date for council officers to brief Damansara Utama constituents on the RTPJ draft amendments.

“We have downloaded the PDF of the draft amendments, printed and photocopied them in black and white for any PJ resident who want a copy to refer to,” she said, adding that the copies could be obtained at her SS21/1A office.

MBPJ is also selling coloured hardcopies of RTPJ 1 and 2, CDs containing draft amendments and addendums at its headquarters.