City Hall to review apartment project in Sri Petaling

Tan (right) showing Henry the development plans for the proposed site which is a green space that residents want retained.

A PROPOSED development at a vacant land in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, will be reviewed by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) following objection by residents who want the remaining green lung in the area to remain untouched.

The plan to build three blocks comprising 704 serviced apartments on the 1.18ha land was met with heavy criticism from the public, especially residents in Taman Sri Endah.

The development is to consist of two 46-storey blocks and a 59-storey block of apartments.

A hearing was carried out between residents and DBKL on June 27, but there was no definite outcome on the project’s fate and is pending.

Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, who is also Primary Industries Minister, attended the hearing.

When contacted, a DBKL spokesman said residents’ objections would be tabled at the One-Stop Centre meeting which would be held soon.

“We have not approved the project.

“Residents will be informed of the outcome of the meeting as to whether the project gets approved or not,” he said.

Sri Petaling Residents’ Association (RA) chairman Tan Tai Tong said the site where the project was located had been earmarked as a green lung in the Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020.

“The land was sold without an open tender and (taking into account) public opinion.

“The residents want the area to remain as a green lung in Taman Sri Endah.

“We hope that it can be turned into a park for residents’ benefit,” he told StarMetro.

Tan said he had done a check early last year and found that the land which then belonged to the Federal Territories Land Office had been sold to a private developer.

“A notice on the project was erected in February but residents from Endah Ria, Endah Regal, Endah Promenade and Endah Puri condominium have objected to it.

“We also protested the proposed development at DBKL on June 17,” he said, adding that DBKL had not given residents an answer about the said development.

During a site visit, StarMetro found the site which is thick with greenery had hoardings around it.

Endah Puri Management Corporation chairman Henry Delions said residents do not want more apartment blocks towering over their residential building.

“We were told that there will a park when we moved in but until now, nothing has materialised.

“All we ask is to have our green space back for the enjoyment of our senior citizens and children who will have a recreational area to go to,” he said.

“If the development is approved, there will be more traffic congestion. As it is, cars already double-park outside Endah Puri and I expect vehicles to triple-park if the project is approved.”