Exco: Fresh PJD link proposal on table, but people's nod still needed

A fresh proposal for the scrapped Petaling Jaya Traffic Dispersal Link (PJD Link) highway is back on the table, the Selangor state government confirmed today.

However, while the plan contains improvements that “look good”, state exco member Izham Hashim said that the developers still need public approval through a new round of social impact assessment (SIA).

“This is the condition that we have imposed on the concessionaire of the highway project.

“They must engage and get feedback from the affected people residing in the areas where changes and improvements are made for the proposed construction of the highway through the SIA.

“We want to know if the people accept the changes and improvements made,” he was quoted as saying by NST.

Izham (above) said this when answering queries by Rajiv Rishyakaran (DAP-Bukit Gasing) in the Selangor state assembly today.

Improved mitigation at six areas

Izham, who holds the state’s public infrastructure portfolio, said the new proposal included improved mitigation at six areas where the public raised objections.

He said the Selangor Economic Action Council will also be reviewing if the new proposal meets all requirements set out by the state.

The Selangor state government rejected the PJD Link proposal in July last year, but the developer submitted a fresh SIA four months later.

However, Putrajaya appeared to have hammered the final nail in the coffin when it too rejected the highway proposal in April.

The proposed 25.4km PJD Link was meant to connect the Sprint highway in Damansara to the Bukit Jalil highway in Bandar Kinrara.

It was the subject of intense protests by resident groups, who likened it to a revived version of the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) highway project that was scrapped in 2015.

Meanwhile, the PJD Link concession agreement signed in 2022 is shrouded in secrecy.

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