A NEW development project in Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park is worrying residents of that neighbourhood.  

Plans are in the pipeline for a 17-storey service apartment, a five-storey car park and a two-storey office block to be built right along a busy main road.  

Jalan 2/116B, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park off Jalan Kelang Lama is not just a busy road; motorists from nearby areas like Happy Garden, Sri Petaling and Taman OUG use it to head to the town centre.  

The residents believe that once the project is approved, the development, which fronts the De Tropicana condominium, will add to the already serious traffic problem in the neighbourhood.  

Ho (left) and Dewin (seated right, in yellow shirt) voicing their concern over the upcoming development project.

Residents of De Tropicana condominium recently got together to voice their concerns over the matter.  

Its residents' association chairman, Banie Chin, said the notice board informing residents of the project was only recently put up.  

“According to the board put up by City Hall at the proposed site, we have only two weeks to voice our objections and that's just not fair as it is too short a time,” he said.  

“The main concern here is that the area is already congested with little parking space and traffic is bad,” Chin added.  

Resident Patrick Dewin said he had no problem with development but felt that the authorities concerned should get their priorities right. 

“If they plan to develop a particular area, they should ensure that the facilities provided are adequate,” he said. 

“As it is, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park is congested, there is insufficient parking space, traffic is a constant nightmare and most importantly, we don’t even have a park,” he said.  

Another resident, Yeo Heng Fo, said the neighbourhood had no recreation area. 

“What we need is more parks or green area rather than more condos,” he said, adding that the nearest park was eight kilometres away in Bukit Jalil.  

Long-time resident Geoffrey Ho said City Hall should study the population density of an area before approving any development project.  

“Jalan 2/116B is a main road and even now it is congested during peak hours.  

“De Tropicana Condo has 540 units and only 60 car parking bays, which is hardly sufficient,” he said.  

Chin, who is also the Barisan Nasional Information head for Seputeh constituency, said he would be compiling an objection letter to be submitted to the mayor and City Hall's planning department.  

When contacted for comments, a City Hall public relations department spokesman said only that they were looking into the matter.