Selangor okays Subang flyover

How not to get KOed when there wasn't never any unified voice from the various interest groups in this fight? The leader of the pack, i.e. the USJRA has been a BIG letdown to the residents who supported it. Via the Sun, Selangor okays Subang flyover was a foregone conclusion to some who followed this issue very closely.

SUBANG JAYA: The controversial Batu Tiga-USJ 3 flyover link has been approved by the Selangor government.

Additional features have been incorporated into the project, taking into account the residents' concerns with noise pollution, intrusion of heavy vehicles from Batu Tiga and the safety of students of nearby schools.

These include a sound barrier, a pedestrian bridge for the school in USJ 12 and a gantry to prevent heavy vehicles from using the route.

Subang Jaya Municipal Council president Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman said the link will also be connected to the Kesas Highway.

"Motorists from USJ 3 can get on and off the Kesas Highway, while those from USJ 19 (sic) can get onto the highway but will not have access from the highway to USJ 19 (sic)," he said after the council's March full board meeting.

The flyover linking Subang Heights and USJ Heights to Persiaran Tujuan received fierce opposition from USJ 3 residents, who are nearest to the link.

The residents said the link would add to traffic woes in Subang Jaya and affect their quality of life.

However, Subang Heights residents welcomed the additional link to their present, and only, access road to Batu Tiga.

Several other residents in Subang Jaya also felt that the link would be an additional access road and traffic dispersal system to reduce the infamous traffic congestion in their township.