Hopefully soon the MRT will extend to Elmina City Center, but it would probably happen after i retire, lol

I know its a longshot but with this area being a hotly contested Malay Majority constituency between UMNO & PN & PH (Big names like Khairy and Tengku Zafrul) it is possible to dream plus the land is already reserved for station

This looks like KTM alignment. If it happens, Elmina could be interchange though it doesn't appear so on the picture itself. Yes, i believe much lobbying behind the scenes. I am confident the MRT will materialise in Elmina CC but it could take many years for that to happen.

The best solution will be constant enforcement ie. roadblocks and arrests until the rempits go somewhere else easier

Action against Mat Rempit has started. Was at the park yesterday and there was a noticeable reduction of Rempits, saw a few wandering here and there not sure where to gather. Happy with the result. Hopefully this enforcement will continue long enough to drive the rempits elsewhere

I stay in PJ currently but nowadays, going out for lunch at the weekends is traffic jam. And my favourite coffee shops are always packed and there is no parking. LDP forever heavy traffic unless later at night. Rempit motorbikes sounds are a regular. I love PJ but it is becoming more unlivable by the year. Of course if you are younger and have much of your working life ahead of you, stay near where the jobs are and where it is convenient. Elmina may get to that level in 10 years but then I will have retired and going for walks in the parks and short drives to get my necessities while developers will continue to build more and more high density condos in PJ. I have confidence in SDP to get that direct connection to DASH soon and also to get that MRT station but not sure how long. May not benefit me but will help my property value, lol. Elmina has its cons for sure, like distance from KL/PJ, traffic getting there, rempit menace.... but where to buy freehold houses in such an ordered and well planned township? check out other similar developments and their traffic situation is much worse

Ahhh... so best to leave after 9am. Good for me.

To my mind, the traffic congestion is not due to elmina residents mainly but those from surrounding areas like puncak alam, saujana etc. using the roads in elmina to get to DASH and Guthrie. The main reason why i didn't go for Green series is the distance from the entry/exit. How is the exit to Guthrie in the morning from elmina east side? also bad?

The jam will only happen like years later as ground breaking for school just happened. So it will be at least 2 years for any traffic to build up.

This has to be forced through but i guess the developers involved in Kwasa are lobbying for delay as they want to sell their units first before they expose the area to traffic. Sometimes SDP too nice as they open all the roads and parks to outsiders instead of closing them and allowing residents only to use.

In the past, Ara Damansara had this issue. residents of the low and medium cost condos plus the terrace houses could only access to PJ from the tunnel because the developers closed and refused to tar a portion of the road leading to tropicana. Traffic was unbearable. Residents refused to accept the situation and hired a tractor to remove the concrete barriers blocking the road and protested. It went on the newspapers. the developers put back the concrete barriers and the residents removed them again. What a battle until the authorities stepped in and told the developer to open the road. Maybe its time for round 2

It will eventually be opened as it has already been approved. A question of when not if. But i do undertstand the objections.

Chill guys, no point ranting here about pushing traffic here and there. Kwasa will confirm be jam packed when most developments are up as it will be majority highrise with plenty of commercial components. Even without the connection, traffic will be bad for Kwasa, which is a good thing as it means the area is successful. If no traffic, then it means kwasa has failed. However if there are many commercial elements in Kwasa, these commercial interests will be pushing for more connections so that it is easier for folks to enter/exit Kwasa. As for me, i will be retired then so peak hour traffic won't be an issue personally.

If you are talking about the semenyih area, yes I have explored but the traffic from those developments are even more horrendous. Weekend traffic also take 1 hour 15 minutes to reach PJ. But from Elmina, only 20 mins plus.

Things like this are what separate SD (there are others like them like Gamuda) from the run of the mill developers. They develop with all this in mind. For the buyer, they already put in place a RA and guardhouse and SD will apply for the buyers. Further Elmina is their showcase development, for them this is a must succeed township. So they built all the infra first before they sell their houses. Other developers will sell first and promise infra and proposed connections to buyers but tidak apa once everything sold - look at rimbayu). However prices are premium for SD. For me comparing Kinrara with Elmina, depends on the needs and preferences of the buyer. Kinrara is a matured township closer to PJ/KL but i was looking for a retirement place further away from the hustle and bustle with plenty of open spaces and parks.

A family member of mine bought. Did you?

Actually as long as SDP willing to honour the defect liability rectification obligation, that's good enough. I am not denying that there is some noise regarding certain issues like leaking in some newly completed houses but like people said, you are not just buying a house, you are buying into a community and lifestyle. For many SD project, its crazy one. Like they never needed to build showhouse for many of their projects. People just buy and my SA said why bother to build showhouse when almost fully sold. Thats in like 2021 when many were still struggling after covid MCO. SDP also can fully sell. When i decided to buy my house then, i felt that was the best time. Price was around 700k, they gave 10% discount, SDP bear all the legal fees, loan fees and even stamp duty for MOT (saved like 20++K man)... grab. Had to wait for loan reject unit to get one.

Now their launches breach 1 mil already. And they are building showhouse.... which means to me that they anticipate it will be tougher to sell due to price. Hopefully their contractors will get better and have less defect issues. They have come up with a quality manual following CIDB standards by which you can hold them to the defects.... i mean which developer does that!?!Also the dare to show you the ACTUAL brand and quality of the fittings they will put in your house... most developers will say "quality lockset" or "quality sink and tap" because they won't commit to the brand of time to give due to cost consideration ie. they can give you cheaper stuff if their margin affected. These are the little things which push me to buy

Yes. Elmina township is picking up pace and will give good impact to the surrounding existing developments. However SDP may have underestimated the traffic congestion and popularity of its township with the residents of the surrounding areas

I almost bought Gamuda Gardens but few things stopped me: Leasehold, price and access. NKVE is the only viable way to PJ/KL and the traffic is real bad already. Other than that, it is quite a beautiful place.

We can only wait until our gahmen got money to extend the MRT to elmina. SDP already allocated huge land for MRT station. Confident it will happen, just not sure how long.