KUALA LUMPUR – Dealing with the issue of limited parking in public housing projects (PPR) and public housing is among the main focuses of the three candidates for the Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15).
Residents have long complained about the lack of parking spaces, but there has been no solution so far, and the situation has worsened with the increase in the number of cars.
Some PPR residents have been forced to park their cars on the shoulder of the road, turning two-way streets into single-lane ones.
Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the density of PPRs, coupled with limited open spaces, were sure to cause parking woes.
“This is something we need to think about and deal with. We can’t blame the occupants for the increase in cars, which may belong to family members who are now grown up, and inefficient public transport contributes to the increased number of vehicles here,” she said while campaigning in the Bandar Tun Razak area today.
The area is dominated by high-rise buildings, including PPR housing such as Flat Sri Labuan, Flat Sri Melaka, Flat Sri Kota, and Flat Taman Mulia.
Dr Wan Azizah said that since nomination day on November 5, she had met with the voters in the constituency to listen to their complaints, which also include socio-economic problems, life pressures, garbage, the welfare of residents, as well as local issues that have not been seriously addressed by the local authorities.
The PKR advisory council chairman said that since this was a new constituency she was contesting in, she would meet as many voters as possible to find out what problems they face.
Meanwhile, Perikatan Nasional candidate Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar, who is also the seat’s incumbent, said the issue of limited parking space at PPR housing and the socio-economic problems of the B40 group were among the main concerns raised by the locals.
The caretaker deputy foreign minister said he had worked with the local authorities several times to overcome the problems that most flat residents often faced, such as broken elevators and limited parking spaces.
Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Chew Yin Keen, who is Bandar Tun Razak MCA chief, concurred about the parking issue, saying that was not only plaguing Bandar Tun Razak, but many other high-rise residences around the capital. – Bernama, November 11, 2022
