Lack Of Planning Foresight Leads To City Of Elmina S Traffic Woes Stretching Far And Wide Beyond Township

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“THANK you for the wonderful roast Mr Ashraf Abdullah.”
In addition to that tribute to the media industry veteran for recently exposing the woes of some 40,000 residents of Sime Darby Property Bhd’s prized City of Elmina development, it seems that the traffic congestion emanating from the township has also shattered the peaceful living of folks outside the township.
This follows a revelation by digital creator meingl(@meinmokhtar_) who shared “how patient residents of Subang and Subang Bestari are coping with life there after Elmina was launched alongside highway accesses”.

The poster was commenting on an anonymous message sent to him which echoed precisely the daily hardship endured by the mostly the upper-middle to high-income brackets residents of Elmina East, Elmina West, Denai Alam and Bukit Subang as expressed by Ashraf’s recent exposé in the MalaysiaGazette news portal.
“As a resident of Elmina, I would describe Elmina as a ‘scam’. The developer has promised the moon and stars of luxurious living with accessibility to various expressways but you soon realise that it’s mere false advertising when you live there,” confessed the resident.
“There’re traffic jams here and there during weekends and weekdays. An 1km exit to my house takes an hour. I’m stressed.”
In pouring out his utmost disappointment with City of Elmina, Ashraf has decried that despite its proximity to major highways, including the Guthrie Corridor Expressway, the township would stand out as “a tragic case study in how systemic failure across multiple layers of responsibility can destroy the promise of homeownership”.
Authorities missing in action
“The traffic gridlock gripping Elmina, Denai Alam and Bukit Subang is not just the result of one developer’s oversight,” contended the former group managing editor (news and current affairs) of Media Prima TV Networks.

“It is the product of a broken system – where Sime Darby Property and other developers push out high-density developments while approving authorities like the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) and the Public Works Department (JKR) rubber-stamp projects without enforcing meaningful planning safeguards.”
Elaborating further, Ashraf observed that residents from neighbouring townships – including Puncak Perdana, Subang Bestari, Saujana Utama and Sungai Buloh – cut through Elmina’s internal roads to reach the Guthrie Corridor Expressway or head into Kuala Lumpur.
“These roads were never designed to serve as regional bypasses but they have become one out of necessity,” lamented the former senior journo at mainstream New Straits Times.
“As traffic spills in from outside communities, Elmina’s internal road system collapses under pressure.
“The fact that this was not anticipated by approving authorities or mitigated in the TIA (traffic impact assessment) process shows a staggering lack of foresight – and a lack of will from all parties involved to fix it.”
What is often stated in marketing brochures may not be what meets the eyes (Image credit: Kuala Selangor Tercinta/Facebook)Stating that “residents are angry and rightfully so”, Ashraf warned that “politicians will pay the price at the ballot box”.
Their daily lives are disrupted, their property values are falling, and their quality of life has taken a massive hit. And they will not forget who allowed this to happen.
Politicians – local council representatives, state assemblymen and MPs – need to understand one thing: traffic is a political issue.
It affects everyone, every day. Come the next general election, voters in these areas will show their dissatisfaction at the ballot box. Promises won’t be enough. The people want results – and accountability.” –  Focus Malaysia

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