KUALA LUMPUR: The residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras are happy and relieved that the issue concerning the toll-free access road is settled for now.

However, they wished that it could have been solved much earlier and without the need for the situation to turn tense.

Bandar Mahkota Cheras Open Access Road Committee chairman Tan Boon Wah said the Government should not have let the issue drag on for more than two years.

 KUALA LUMPUR: It was victory for the residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras after the Government ordered the Cheras-Kajang Highway operator to tear down the barrier along the access road to their housing area.

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed, who made the announcement at the barrier site yesterday, said the Cabinet had decided that the road should remain open at least until a court case between the operator Grand Saga and Mahkota Cheras developer Narajaya Sdn Bhd was settled.

FRUSTRATED Bandar Mahkota Cheras (BMC) residents handed a memorandum to Pakatan Rakyat MPs in Parliament for the ?road barricade? issue to be raised with Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed.

Bandar Mahkota Open Road Committee Secretary Tan Han Kuo said the residents are appealing to mohd zin to cofirm the public?s ringht to use the road linking the housing area and the Cheras ? Kajang Highway.

He said the highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd?s act of erecting barricades on an existing road junction had caused untoward incidents and unhappiness among the residents.

KUALA LUMPUR: An enforced "truce" is in place between Grand Saga Sdn Bhd and Bandar Mahkota Cheras residents over free access to the Cheras-Kajang Highway. 

One day after police urged Grand Saga not to put up barricade, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim summoned the Kajang Municipal Council to completely remove the remnants of the barricade. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 30 residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras brought their case to Parliament, wielding banners urging the Works Minister to reopen the access road to the housing area.

They gathered outside the Parliament building with banners which read: "Menteri Kerja Raya, Tolong Rakyat Buka Jalan" (Works Minister, please help the people open the road).

A resident, who only wanted to be known as Mas, said the barricade, built by highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd, had created serious traffic congestion for the residents in the area.

KUALA LUMPUR: A solution is in sight to the Bandar Mahkota Cheras access road issue.

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed is expected to visit the site today and make an announcement, according to highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd.

In a statement yesterday, Grand Saga executive director (business development and corporate affairs) Zainal Abidin Ali said they met Mohd Zin yesterday to discuss the issue.

"After the meeting, we believe that a solution is in sight. The Minister will issue an official statement tomorrow," said Zainal Abidin.

GRAND SAGA Sdn. Bhd. The concessionaire of the Cheras-Kajang Higjway, will reconstruct a barricade at the access road in Bandar Mahkota Cheras.

Its executive director, Zainal Abidin Ali, said in a press statement that the barricade was necessary to protect its interest as well as to ensure the safety of highway users.

According to Zainal Abidin, the original barricade was built to prevent unlawful access to the Cheras-Kajang Highway.

It was illegally demolished on April 21.

BANDAR MAHKOTA CHERAS - Isu tembok penghalang di Bandar Mahkota Cheras mencapai tahap klimaksnya apabila tembok itu didirikan semula oleh konsesi Lebuh Raya Cheras-Kajang, Grand Saga Sdn. Bhd. (Grand Saga), semalam.

Ekoran penolakan permohonan penduduk Bandar Mahkota Cheras bagi mendapatkan perintah injunksi terhadap pemegang konsesi itu oleh Mahkamah Tinggi pada 12 Mei lalu maka pembinaan semula tembok mula dilakukan.

KAJANG: Polis menasihatkan Syarikat Konsesi Lebuh Raya Cheras-Kajang, Grand Saga, menghentikan pembinaan tembok penghadang jalan ke Bandar Mahkota Cheras serta-merta bagi mengelakkan kekecohan serta pergaduhan dengan penduduk berterusan.Ketua Polis Selangor, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, berkata masalah itu semakin berpanjangan dan serius sehingga berlakunya pergaduhan, malam kelmarin."Setiap kali tembok penghadang itu dibina, situasi menggugat ketenteraman awam akan timbul.

SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan negeri memberi jaminan akan membuka semula jalan masuk ke kawasan perumahan Bandar Mahkota Cheras, tetapi ia hanya akan dilakukan selepas mendapat kebenaran Kementerian Kerja Raya.Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, berkata kuasa kerajaan negeri terbatas kerana persempadanan lebuh raya itu menyebabkan sebahagian jalan itu terletak di bawah kuasa Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM).Katanya, kontroversi itu dapat diselesaikan segera jika Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed turun padang untuk meninjau masalah dan memahami isu yang dihadapi penduduk kawasan peru