KUALA LUMPUR – Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has issued a stop-work order for a construction site in Jalan Raja Laut here with immediate effect, following service disruption on the Ampang LRT line on January 27.
Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah said the stop-work order was issued to “Tetuan Persekutuan Seruan Islam (Jam’iyah) Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan”, the owners of the proposed project which involves the construction of the 44-storey Menara Soho building comprising 326 units with a basement on Lot PT 163.
He said the decision was made after a meeting with representatives of the Land Public Transport Agency (LPTA), Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana), and several DBKL departments last Saturday.
“This directive is a safety measure to ensure LPTA and its related agencies can investigate, scrutinise, and determine the cause of the LRT service disruption,” he said in a statement today.
He said the project is currently only at the preliminary stage, involving earthworks outside of zones one and two (protection zone).
“DBKL through its One-Stop Committee will also seek to obtain the views of LPTA and Prasarana, especially for development applications in or near the railway protection zone,” he added.
On January 27, the LRT service for the Ampang line experienced delays due to a kinked track alignment near the Bandaraya LRT station.
Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd said in a statement that preliminary checks found that the LRT service delay was caused by damage to the flyover structure carrying the rail tracks due to construction work adjacent to the area. – Bernama, January 30, 2023
