A FLOOD wall on a monsoon drain in Taman Kinrara 2, Puchong in Selangor, is being lengthened as the existing wall along Jalan TK 2/11 is too short.
Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) Engineering Department director Dr Mohd Ariffuddin Kamari said the RM255,322 flood mitigation project started on June 19 and was expected to be completed by Sept 10.
“We have received many complaints from those living close to the monsoon drain about their houses being affected by flash floods during heavy rain.
“Because of the area’s location next to a monsoon drain that bends downstream, there is a tendency for water to rise rapidly during heavy rain and overflow.
“We have decided to add 185m to the flood wall length, with a height of 1.2m to prevent the water from overflowing into the housing area,” he said during a site visit.
Also present was Kinrara assemblyman Ng Sze Han.
Separately, in response to StarMetro’s report “Puchong residents oppose giving new development access to Jalan Intan 2/1” on June 18, MBSJ in a statement said this was a public road and could not be restricted to any party.
The city council acknowledged that they had received complaints from Taman Puchong Intan Phase 2 residents who were unhappy with the new strata development having direct access to Jalan Intan 2/1, citing concerns such as congestion, security and parking.
MBSJ said its officers had explained to residents in the presence of councillors Lee Jen Uyin and Sarawati Mukhtar that access from the development onto Jalan Intan 2/1 was built by the developer on road reserve, which had to be surrendered to the city council after completion.
MBSJ suggested residents apply for a gated community scheme to address their security concerns.
