Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran said residents in PJ have “had enough” with the poor road conditions and the apathy towards safety around the area.
“The most important thing is safety. Although I support the sewage rationalisation project, the management is simply under par,” Rajiv told reporters in Jalan Pasar in PJ Old Town today.
He pointed out several safety issues, such as lack of blinkers for barriers, uneven patching of roads and poor traffic diversion management during ongoing sewage works.
Damansara Utama assemblyman Yeo Bee Yin, who was also present, said the PJ representatives have been receiving many complaints since the beginning of the project back in 2013.
“I really hope the government will consider our suggestion to sack IWK. It’s not just here in PJ, our roads are being dug up all around the Klang Valley.
“One of the biggest issues is that nobody knows what is happening. Everyday we drive on the same road and we see barriers and road works, but nobody really knows what is happening,” Yeo said.
On that matter, Rajiv added that another problem was the lack of clear signage to inform residents in the area on what was being done.
“Even if they have signage, they are really small. On top of that, people don’t even know who to call if they have any inquiry,” he said.
Though both assemblymen conceded that they were in support of the sewage rationalisation project, they maintained that the project management needed to be improved.
“This kind of Third World project management should not be happening in PJ or any city in the Klang Valley.
“The most terrible thing is that residents simply do not know when this project is going to end. The government should really hire better and more professional project management companies,” Yeo said.
The project began in 2013 under the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry. It includes the laying of 36km of new sewer pipelines (via pipe jacking and open cut methods).
This project also involves the rationalisation and decommissioning of 119 multi-point sewage treatment plants (STPs), including communal septic tanks in some areas, with five new pump houses built at various parts of the pipeline to channel the sewage flow to the Pantai Regional STP2.