Lorong Perbandaran to open for four hours on weekdays from June 20

KLANG: says Lorong Perbandaran, which was closed to traffic from April 3, 2018, will tentatively be reopened for public usage in eight days’ time, on June 20, says Klang Municipal Council (MPK) president Datuk Mohamad Yasid Bidin. 

“I have decided, Lorong Perbandaran will be reopened to the public on June 20, but it will be time-regulated.

"MPK will use boom gates to control traffic movement. It is one-way up the hillock, from Jalan Raya Barat to Jambatan Kota via Jalan Perbandaran,” he said.

Mohamad Yasid added that motorists would not be able to use the road on weekends and public holidays.

“We do not have the manpower to man the boom gates on weekends. I have decided that Lorong Perbandaran will be opened during peak hours from 6.30am to 8.30am, and again from 4pm to 6pm on
weekdays,” he said.

One of the busiest roads in town, Lorong Perbandaran allows motorists to cross over with ease to Klang town, Meru and Kapar via Jambatan Kota and head towards the Klang district and land office, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) and Little India’s commercial area.

However, MPK decided to close the 350m dual slip road, citing security reasons.

This unilateral decision was met with much protest from motorists and residents. The closure of the road has given rise to massive traffic jams outside the Kuan Yin temple on Jalan Raya Barat during
peak hours, much to the dismay of road users.

Klang traffic police also witnessed daily traffic crawls during peak hours from Jalan Bukit Jawa entering Jalan Raya Barat behind the South Klang police station.

For now, the makeshift concrete barriers are still in place, a few metres from the new boom gates.

According to a MPK officer, the council found that when cars moved to alternate routes, it caused congestion in surrounding roadways and even choked up the Simpang Lima roundabout after the Kuan Yin temple.

Most residents association, Rukun Tetangga and business associations, when told that MPK planned to time-regulate the usage of Lorong Perbandaran and enforce a closure on weekends, were strongly against the idea.

The majority of regular users of Lorong Perbandaran want the road to be kept open throughout the day, even on weekends.