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KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): The company proposing to build the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) project is currently in the process of fulfilling the conditions precedent contained in the concession agreement (CA) to enable the agreement to take effect.

The PJD Link route map.

According to the Ministry of Works, the project’s environmental impact study, traffic impact and social impact as well as documentation preparation are being actively carried out by the company, albeit without involving any physical activity on site.

“Regarding the essence of the CA, as fellow Honorable Members of Parliament already know, the CA for the PJD Link is classified as an official secret under the Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA). 

“The CA needs to be reclassified before the essence contained in it can be reviewed by the public. The government is also subject to the confidentiality clause contained in the CA,” the ministry told the Dewan Rakyat in a written reply dated Tuesday (Feb 28).

The ministry was responding to Lee Chean Chung (PKR-Petaling Jaya), who asked the ministry to state the government's stance on the PJD Link and the progress of the plan as well as the content of the CA.

The ministry said the project had received approval in principle from the federal government and policy approval from the Selangor government in September 2020 before the CA was signed in April 2022.

“The PJD Link project proposal is a national infrastructure requirement based on the Highway Network Development Plan, which is used as a basis and reference for the purpose of planning and developing the road/highway network in this country,” said the ministry.

“The proposed PJD Link also aims to disperse traffic congestion starting from Bandar Utama to Kinrara through the Petaling Jaya area. The proposed PJD Link has the potential to act as an alternative to the Damansara-Puchong Expressway, whose traffic currently exceeds its capacity,” it said.

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Edited BySurin Murugiah
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