[Share] LRT extension to cut through condo, school and open field

[vicky]

the news below reminds something i read about dr sun yat sen. he showed a Western journalist a railway line that he plan to link china to tibet. the journalist points out that his rail line runs up tall , steep mountains. dr sun replied: no problem, they will remove the tall steep mountain to let the line through.

here is our LRT STORY:
SUBANG JAYA (July 20, 2010): Open fields, schools and condominium facilities are among areas that may have to make way for the LRT alignment due to the
lack of ground research during the planning stages.

Subang Jaya state assemblyman Hannah Yeoh said there is a possibility that certain open fields in Subang Jaya will be affected by the suggested route of
the Kelana Jaya LRT line extension.

"From the proposed plans, the LRT stations are situated very near these fields," she said.

Grouses over the close proximity of the LRT alignment to units of the Saujana Residency Condominium in SS16 - as close as 4m at some points - have been
widely reported. The land on which the condominium's two tennis courts sit will also be acquired for the LRT line extension.

The extension of the Ampang LRT line is expected to affect the Castlefield Primary Tamil School in Puchong. 

The school's management board chairman P.M. Nagamuthu said he had sent a letter objecting to the construction of the LRT line near the school as the plan
indicates that five pillars will be erected on the school's playing field, 20m from the school.

He said the noise level around the school had already exceeded the minimum noise level approved by the Environment Department due to the Damansara-Puchong
highway next to the school.

"An LRT line would only make it worse," Nagamuthu said.

He said the school management board is considering shifting the school for the children's welfare.

MPSJ president Datuk Adnan Md Ikshan said although local councils have the authority to gazette corridors for infrastructure including public transport,
Prasarana has to submit proposed routes to the council for approval to be gazetted.

"We cannot gazette LRT corridors because we do not know if the routes fulfil Prasarana's requirements like viability, market capture and so on," he said,
adding public transport is under the purview of the Federal Government. 

Adnan said the local draft plans that outline 10-year development plans in a municipality are drawn up by consultants aided by the council's town planning
team for 10 years. 

Subang Jaya Municipal Councillor Rajiv Rishyakaran said the councillors have not seen the precise structural map of the LRT route, as the council's Local
Plan 2010 has not been printed.

The council only received the proposed LRT line extension plan in September last year, he said. -- theSun

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