Selangor Govt Ordered To Release Pjd Link Impact Assessment Reports

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The controversial Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link project, which was approved in September 2020, has been met with multiple protests by residents.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered the Selangor government to hand over key documents related to the proposed Petaling Jaya Dispersal (PJD) Link project to four Petaling Jaya residents within a month.

Justice Amarjeet Singh granted the residents’ judicial review bid in parts, ordering the state government to disclose the social impact assessment (SIA), environment impact assessment (EIA), and traffic impact assessment (TIA) reports – documents previously submitted by the project developer, PJD Link (M) Sdn Bhd.
He also instructed the state government to provide residents with the detailed design of the highway project.
However, he dismissed the residents’ request for the concession agreement between PJD Link and the federal government.
The court also awarded RM5,000 in costs to the federal government, which was named as a co-respondent in the case.
The residents, T Chakaravarthi, Kum Koo Ji, S Saktiseelan, and Loke Yin Pong, were represented by lawyer Lim Wei Jiet, while assistant state legal adviser Siti Radziah Kamarudin appeared for the Selangor government.
Federal counsel M Kogilambigai represented Putrajaya.
The four residents were granted leave in 2023 to pursue a judicial review over the controversial project against the state and federal governments.
They had sought access to the impact assessment reports related to the PJD Link.
On Nov 28 last year, Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung revealed that federal agencies had approved the new realignment plan for the PJD Link highway proposed by its developer.
Lee said he learnt about this at a briefing by the parliamentary select committee on infrastructure, transportation, and communication.
This was despite the state government announcing on July 31, 2023 that it had decided to cancel the PJD Link project after deeming the developer’s social impact assessment unsatisfactory and non-compliant with state conditions.
Government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil also confirmed last April that Putrajaya had axed the project after the concessionaire’s failure to comply with six of the government’s 11 conditions. - FMT

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