Elmond, does this mean denai-an need to go out to gce n u-turn at elmina overhead bridge , then come down to access dash ?

initial design, denai alam need to travel until nearby mahsing to go into dash highway.

the initial design was a bit weird, GCE and DASH interchange only 1 exit (from puncak alam to denai alam or GCE) and 1 entry (from GCE north direction to puncak alam)

DASH taken out of RTPJ 2
Posted on 27 July 2015 - 06:17pm
Last updated on 27 July 2015 - 07:21pm
Lee Choon Fai
newsdesk@thesundaily.com

PETALING JAYA: The Damansara-Shah Alam Highway (DASH) has been taken out of the PJ Local Plan 2 (RTPJ2) pending a realignment proposal by Prolintas, the concessionaire.

Selangor state executive councillor for environment Elizabeth Wong said the decision was made by Mentri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali due to objections from residents in Mutiara Damansara and Damansara Perdana.

"They (residents) met the Mentri Besar and he agreed to remove it (Dash). It's no longer in RTPJ2," Elizabeth said.

She said the residents are pushing to make the removal permanent and among the objections raised were flawed and outdated Environment and Traffic Impact Assessments (EIA and TIA).

Approached after a proposal hearing for the RTPJ2, Say No To DASH (SNTD) spokesperson Michelle Wong said the assessment reports were not independent as they were both commissioned and paid for by concessionaire Prolintas.

This is despite guidelines from the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department stating that Prolintas should have conducted an independent Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

Furthermore, Michelle said, the studies were both conducted in 2011 and approved in 2012, which was then extended to 2016 upon its expiry in November 2014 by the Selangor Environment Department.

"The EIA remains as it was in 2012, but we have had new roads, new houses, and the MRT here now. How can they say the environment is still the same after all that?" she told reporters.

In Prolintas' TIA, she also pointed out the company did not provide any evidence to its claim that 50,000 cars from other roads in the area will be using DASH upon completion.

Additionally, Michelle said, the MRT will provide access to the Rubber Research Institute (RRI) and Kota Damansara near there, rendering the highway redundant.

"Basically this highway has no apparent benefit whatsoever. Why do you need another highway when there will be public transport in the future?" she asked.

Michelle said SNTD is not against development, but it should come with due process and not at the cost of posing serious health risks and other dangers to the local populace.

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so now how?

Haiya... No chance to connect to penchala link/ldp now? Would love to see that interchange being more complicated

This post has been edited by rickyro: Jul 27 2015, 08:51 PM

Againnnnnn???????

So no go now? I thought they already approved DASH?

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!! Great News! Say No to DASH.

DASH still on Shah Alam plan, only remove MBPJ part only. hopefully they can realign with win-win scenario

Nkve kota damansara - - - > pju 7/7 - - - > pju 7/1( steep climb here though) --->penchala interchange seems viable

I think the highway is good to disperse the high traffic from SA to PJ. But the portion at the Mutiara Damansra and DP really a No No!!! Too near to the houses and the condo.... If they can realign it, it will be good...

that is original plan before mrt use the persiaran surian

I have no pretensions about being noble for the greater good. I am openly declaring myself Selfish. NIMBY.

Say NO to DASH. Residents of DP, continue your efforts to protest DASH! Do not be cowed by people who call you selfish, because I am 100% certain that if the highway passes by their apartment window and has no benefit to them (for example, it doesn't join up to their house in shah alam, for instance), they too will protest. All human beings are inherently selfish and greedy and some downright self-righteous. This is human nature. There is absolutely nothing wrong to protest this kaw kaw if you don't like it.

So protest if you don't like it! It is your right as a citizen, property owner and resident!

This post has been edited by corleone74: Jul 28 2015, 09:33 AM

Persiaran surian would have been avoided at the route, but would be dual carriageway only at pju 7/7.. unless they put a tunnel through the bukit lanjan range..

protest it all the way, bro. No need to be shy about it. It is too blardy near la.

This post has been edited by corleone74: Jul 28 2015, 09:37 AM

Great work, Keep up the good work, Asvita!

Bro... Thanks... We are not against development but against stupid project that put highway right in front of your house that only benefit the cronies but not the people...

Those who are supporting it also selfish what let's be real - they think their houses in shah alam will appreciate because of it.

Another thing to consider is, DASH is being built on a flawed Traffic impact assessment n environmental impact assessment. This should not be allowed as it reflects poor governance by the authorities.. The rakyat should stand against projects thAt is built on shortcut!

Agreed!