GREEN LUNG HAVOC AND SIR, AFTER FEDERAL HILL, DOES BANGSAR GO TOO?<\/p>\n
THE only remaining green lung in Bangsar is slotted for development.
\nBut not if the residents of Jalan Medang Serai, Bukit Bandaraya, have
\nany say in it.<\/p>\n
The Malay Mail
\nResidents are up in arms against a proposed high-rise luxury
\ncondominium project by Bandar Raya Developments Berhad.<\/p>\n
The developer has announced it will be putting up eight blocks of 212
\nluxury condominium units and multi-level car park.<\/p>\n
Of the eight blocks, two blocks will be 28-storeys high and the rest
\n11 and six storeys.<\/p>\n
A City Hall notice on the project had stated that the project would
\nincrease the density in the area from 30 people per acre to 175 people
\nper acre \u2014an increase of 500 per cent.<\/p>\n
This has caused residents in the Medang Serai area, including those
\nliving in townhouses, Tivoli Villa and Bangsar Puteri, to see red as
\nthey claimed that the proposed development would not only destroy
\ntheir only patch of green lung but also cause massive congestion in an
\nalready congested area.<\/p>\n
“The dust and noise will be a health hazard to the residents and there
\nis no logic in increasing the density by 500 per cent,” said Medang
\nSerai Residents Action Committee pro-tem president Tunku Zurie Tunku
\nIzham.<\/p>\n
She said residents were also shocked that the project was being
\npromoted and advertised in a newsletter and on its website although
\nCity Hall claimed that it had not issued any development order.<\/p>\n
“It smacks of arrogance on the developer’s part to promote the project
\nwhen no approval has been granted,” said another resident, who had
\nbeen living in the area for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
However, Gunasegaran Naidu, deputy-director of Monitoring and
\nEnforcement (National Housing Development) in an e-mail to a resident
\nrepresentative, who had lodged a complaint with the Housing and Local
\nGovernment Ministry, said the brochure did not advertise any sale.<\/p>\n
“It was an announcement that BRDB will be launching a con- dominium
\nproject in the area.<\/p>\n
Neither was it an exercise to register prospective buyers,” s a id Na idu .<\/p>\n
The residents had also organised a signature campaign and sent a
\npetition to, among others, the mayor, the director-general of City
\nHall, the Lembah Pantai member of parliament and the Federal
\nTerritories Minister.<\/p>\n
Residents had also put forward their concerns at a hearing called by
\nCity Hall but to date, the anxious residents have not been told of the
\noutcome.<\/p>\n
“We urge the authorities not to approve the project. A massive
\nhigh-rise project such as the one being proposed is not suitable as
\nthe Medang Serai area is made up of mostly low-rise houses and
\napartments.<\/p>\n
“With the current flash floods that we have been experiencing in Kuala
\nLumpur, we should not be cutting down more trees,” said Tunku Zurie.<\/p>\n
Environmental experts have also pointed out that sacrificing forests
\nfor high-rise buildings negate efforts to promote tree planting in
\ncities.<\/p>\n
Many have pointed out that it is a paradox for City Hall to spend
\nmillions on tree planting while at the same time, projects were be-
\ning approved which destroyed the greenery.<\/p>\n
Late last year, Datuk Bandar Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan had stated that
\nCity Hall was spending an additional RM5 million on tree planting in
\nthe city.<\/p>\n
Another RM94 million has been allocated in this year’s budget for the
\nbuilding of recreational parks and green a re a s.<\/p>\n
In 1980, City Hall had admitted that there was only 0.2ha of green
\nopen space available per 1,000 persons \u2014which, even at that time, was
\nconsidered insufficient.
\n“If so, why does City Hall con- tinue to approve projects at the
\nexpense of the remaining urban forests?” asked a resident, who said
\nthat the pressure from urban living requires the community to seek
\nrelief and the urban forests are a fine example of providing a
\nsoothing atmosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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