“We have undertaken a traffic dispersal project, with a budget of RM200 million, to alleviate congestion in Segambut and Mont’Kiara, especially since more developments are coming up in these areas,” Sabudin Mohd Salleh, deputy director of DBKL’s infrastructure planning department, tells City & Country. “We have to break the project into different phases to complete it with no encumbrances and hope to achieve this within three to four years. As for utilities, they will take at least a year to resolve.”

The Segambut road-widening project covers Segambut Bahagia, Bukit Segambut, Kampung Segambut Dalam and Mont’Kiara. It has been divided into three phases: Section A (1.4km), Section A addition (600m) and Section B (2.026km) (see map).

Section A, which stretches from the Segambut KTM station to Taman SPPK Segambut, was completed in late 2013.

Section A addition and Section B of the project – which will continue to Jalan Kiara 4 – are still in the process of tendering, design refinement and engagement with the residents. The completion dates of these sections have yet to be confirmed.

“Our target is to achieve level of service C, with about 1,200 cars on six lanes per hour for this project,” says Sabudin.

On the matter of private land and squatters in the Segambut area, he says the National Land Code will be invoked and the land valued by an independent government body to protect the interests of the residents. “For land acquisition in areas with squatters, we will engage with the locals on their concerns and ensure their requests are met.”