DBKL will turn this gazetted green lung in Taman Kepong into a synthetic football field.
KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has approved a synthetic football field to be built in Taman Kepong, at an estimated cost of RM1.5mil.
Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said the project was approved in a special budget application meeting and would take off in October.
“The field will be built on Lot 19226 in Jalan Kuang Gunung, which has been a gazetted open space since 1996 to be used as a green lung or for recreational purposes.
“The plan for the site includes a full-sized turf field for football that can also accommodate two small-size pitches, as well as a straight running track, long-jump pit and small seating area,” he said.
Lim said that while he welcomed the project, he hoped DBKL would consider making changes to the design such as omitting the long-jump pit and seating area, and instead include public facilities like toilets.
“I foresee very few people using the long-jump pit for proper training.
“It is better to use the space to build toilets,” he said.
Lim said if all went well, it would be the first synthetic football field in Kepong.
“There are two grass football fields, one in Jinjang Utara that is in good condition and another in Metro Prima that is in need of improvement,” he said.
He also appealed to Kepong residents to let him know of any idle land that could be upgraded into recreational areas.
“This particular land was a green lung filled with overgrown trees and bushes in the past.
“I had proposed that the land be used for recreational purposes,” he said.
Lim also said that DBKL had cleared the land sometime back and some parties tried to scam people into renting the lot.
He said to ensure nobody fell for such scams, a banner had been put up on the fence to inform the public of the project that DBKL had planned for the site.
