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AS a Petaling Jaya resident, I am dismayed that the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has made the decision to cut down over 1,100 trees for the construction of the Damansara-Shah Alam Highway (DASH).

Petaling Jaya residents were previously informed that only 160 trees were identified for felling to make way for the highway construction project. On April 10 this year, the MBPJ confirmed that 1,100 trees of varying sizes would be felled for the highway project. Concerns are now raised as to the final number of trees already felled and to be felled, the basis for the increase in the number of trees felled, how the earlier evaluation was made and why the earlier number could not be adhered to, and who stands to benefit from the felling of the trees.