A PROPOSAL has been sent to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to widen the exit of Jalan Jinjang Permai in Jinjang Utara to combat severe daily congestion in the area.
Community activist Yee Poh Ping said with new property developments planned nearby, existing traffic woes would only worsen unless immediate action was taken.
“Currently, more than 4,000 residential units rely on Jalan Jinjang Permai as their main access road.
“During peak hours, especially between 7am and 8am, traffic slows to a crawl before the exit to Jalan Kepong,” he said.
Yee said the bottleneck stretched between 0.5km and 1km and could delay commuters by up to 20 minutes.
The core problem, he said, lay in the narrow, two-way stretch, with only one lane in each direction.
The traffic become significantly worse when vehicles attempting to turn are forced to stop and wait for the opposite lane to clear.
A formal request to widen the exit from Jalan Jinjang Permai to Jalan Kepong was submitted to DBKL on Sept 29.
Nearby stall operator Normah Hassan echoed the calls for urgent improvement, saying the congestion was partly caused by spillover traffic from major arteries like Jalan Kuching and Bulatan Kepong. — By MEGAT SYAHAR
