A SOCIAL activist is calling on Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to widen a bottleneck in Kampung Pasir Segambut to ease daily gridlock and improve safety.
Yee Poh Ping is urging the authorities to conduct a feasibility study on a 300m stretch of Jalan Seludang, which he claimed was too narrow to handle current traffic volumes.
The residential road serves as a vital link to the main Pintasan Segambut road.
“Jalan Seludang is heavily used by residents, particularly during the morning rush hour.
“It is both dangerous and inconvenient, especially at the junction leading downhill to Pintasan Segambut,” Yee said.
He said a solution lies in a strip of buffer land running along one side of the road.
While houses line one side of the stretch, the opposite side consists of private land and a highway buffer zone that could be repurposed for widening works.
Yee said the buffer zone had been used successfully several years ago during a pipe-laying project.
He said part of the zone was temporarily paved to allow vehicles to pass when the project was ongoing.
“The project has long since been completed, but the paved area is now being used for parking and by some to bypass speed bumps.
“Roadside street lights are now located in the middle of the original road and the paved area, posing a safety hazard,” he added.
Yee confirmed he has submitted a formal request to DBKL and is awaiting a response on the proposed works.
Long-time resident Ng Ah Choy, 83, said traffic was at its worst on school mornings, when long queues of vehicles form along Jalan Seludang with motorists waiting to exit onto the main road.
“Residents will be very grateful if Jalan Seludang is widened,” Ng added.
