The Selangor state government has announced the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) project will be scrapped. According to an official statement by Selangor MB Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, the decision was made due to the impact assessment reports submitted by the developer being unsatisfactory and not meeting certain conditions set by the state government, particularly its social impact assessment (SIA) reports.
The proposed PJD Link was approved in principle by the Cabinet in November 2017 before the state government approved the project in principle in September 2020, subject to environmental impact (EIA), social impact (SIA) and traffic impact (TIA) assessments.
The expressway was targeted to commence construction in mid-2023 with an estimated complete time of three years. It would be 100% privately funded, and in June this year, PJD Link Sdn Bhd, the concessionaire for the project, secured funding amounting to RM922 million with MCC Malaysia, a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC Group).
The 25.4-km, two lane dual carriageway would have connected the north and south of Petaling Jaya, passing through Petaling Jaya Utara, Bandar Utama, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Petaling Jaya city centre, Taman Dato’ Harun, Taman Medan Baru, Taman Sri Manja, Bandar Kinrara and Bukit Jalil Technology Park.
It would also have 11 interchanges located at Bandar Utama, SPRINT, Damansara Intan, Jalan Universiti, Federal Highway, Jalan Barat/Jalan Sultan, NPE, KESAS, Jalan Puchong, Jalan Kinrara 1 and the Bukit Jalil Highway.
The highway project was launched with the objective to ease traffic congestion and to cater to future traffic Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley area. However, the project has faced strong opposition, with an independent survey showing that 93.6% of individuals residing along the proposed alignment of the PJD Link disagreed with it. Members of the public also felt PJD Link was similar to the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (KIDEX) project, which was scrapped in 2015.
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Again Approved by the Previous AdministratioN in loved with Burberry clothing and Evian water – anyone wants to guess which special cronies plans to run the show since they are fond of ditching projects to special crew with T&C 99% win for the contractor.
It makes no sense to building more hway whereas more new cars throng the road each months. Is time to look into national transport policy and public transport network.
If train/bus ticket too pricey, reduce it
If roadtax is too cheap, raise it
If fuel is too cheap, raise it
Deswai rakyat Selangor love current PHBN govt.
The last person I will trust is Captain America and one eye jack Nick Fury.
Other than that,I can be promised the “NEXT GENERATION” SUPERHIGHWAY…I dont give a damn,it can be dead or revived according to the political climate prevailing.
We need more railway line, not highway.
Agreed. build another BRT similar to Subang ~ Sunway community enjoys.
PJD Link project cancelled by Selangor government due to… election around the corner (maksud tersirat) hahah
What a pity that this project is cancelled. Can save a lot of time around PJ area.
It may Dave time once it’s completed. But when it’s under construction, lane closures may take years causing mayhem on current roads. I know as I suffered enough when they started building duke3. Someone times leaving just one lane open during peak hours. Imagine the suffering. After many years the highways still not ready yet.
Just convert the highway alignment to elevated public transport then it will serve the purpose. Kinrara is highly populated but none of the MRT and alignment reached these areas. It will be the missing link from MRT1 to MRT2 to the existing or upcoming LRT networks.
Imagine these are the stations for lrt3 extension currently ending at BU.
reassess and revive it!
kalau lalu kawasan depa mmg mustahil depa nak bagi.. bantah sebantah bantahnya… hahahahaha.. kiasu kiasi..
Certain cronies and their mainland contractor backers won’t be happy about this
nice news for a change
Thank you. Not the right time to have this highway. Look at Suke and Dash. Try sitting there for 24/7 and bring badminton racket as well. Count the number of vehichles using the highway.
At current rate of usage, if the company can’t pay the loan amount to the bank, sooner or later government will need to bail them out.
Avid user of both highway, whether on weekdays or weekends or in the morning, afternoon or at night. Very quiet. Hopefully the highway can sustain itself. No more of government bail out. 1.5 Trillion of debt is not small for a country like us.
u dont have a job or maybe work odd hours deswai you dont see, but i use DASH daily and it has save me significant time and yes during peak hours there is jam, even on DASH!!!
so dont give crap to justify your selfish behaviour but when this PJD area also jam like Old Klang Road day night then dont cry fader mader that gov dont care
I take more than 1 hour frorm PJ SS2 to Kajang now.. what the hell
MRT time!