SHAH ALAM, July 27 (Bernama) — The Selangor State Legislative Assembly was told today that the developer’s reports will be thoroughly scrutinised before land approval is given for the construction of the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Elevated Highway (PJD Link) project.
Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said if the assessment covering various aspects had been carried out, the developer would once again have to hold a public hearing before land approval was granted.
Amirudin said that so far his party has not yet received any report which is a condition for the developer as in the Concession Agreement signed on April 5.
“They (developers of the PJD Link project) promised to address all the comments and objections of the residents when the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (KIDEX) project was offered. We have rejected KIDEX, so they said PJD Link will rectify everything (all issues arising in relation to KIDEX).
“As a fair government we listen. So far the government has not heard what the rectifications are. If the developer cannot rectify everything and if the explanation is not satisfactory, the state government has no problem in not allowing (the PJD Link project) to be developed,” he said.
Amirudin was replying to a supplementary question by Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (PH-Sungai Pelek) who wanted to know the state government’s position regarding the PJD Link project.
Meanwhile, state Infrastructure and Public Amenities, Agriculture Modernisation and Agro-based Industry Committee chairman, Izham Hashim said the Concession Agreement that was signed between PJD Link and the federal government on April 5 has a precondition that the company must carry out the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Social Impact Assessment (SIA) and Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) first before the agreement could become effective for the project to start.
He said, the PJD Link proposal cannot be finalised at the state level yet because there is still no EIA, SIA and TIA studies carried out by PJD Link and they have to be presented to the Selangor State Economic Action Council and confirmed by the State Executive Council including the settlement of land matters.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency