Unavoidable road closure in Kinrara

Monday, 09 January 2012 09:50

About 1,200 residents in Taman Kinrara Seksyen 5 are affected by the closure of Jalan TK 5/1 for repair work on a leaking sewage pipe.

Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) officers said repairs would take about two months to complete.

The road, which has been closed since Dec 16, will only be reopened after Chinese New Year in mid-February.

Kinrara Barisan Nasional coordinator Datuk Wong Hock Aun said this was not the first time sewage pipe repairs had been done on the stretch. Similar repairs had taken place earlier in October.

“There are two alternative routes to Taman Kinrara Seksyen 5. People coming in from the Damansara-Puchong Highway will need to

go through Jalan Merbuk and Persiaran Puchong Jaya before coming into Taman Kinrara Seksyen 5,” he said.

“Alternatively, from Jalan Klang Lama, motorists will need to make a right turn into Jalan Puchong Lama and another right turn into Taman Kinrara Seksyen 3 and go through Seksyen 4 to get to Seksyen 5,” he added.

“The last time the road was closed for pipe repairs, my suppliers’ lorries had to take a long detour through the residential roads of Taman Kinrara Seksyen 3 and 4 ,” said tyre-shop owner Siew Kok Meng, 44.

IWK operations unit manager Ab Rahim Ab Jabar said this was the second time the sewage pipe was being repaired.

“The leak this time is at the bottom and we need to break through the bedrock layer to get to the affected part for repairs,” he explained.

The reason for the leakage on both occasions was due to soil erosion and corrosion.

Furthermore, you have heavy traffic on this main road which will add to the external wearing on the 15-year-old pipe,” said Ab Rahim.

IWK communications department manager Shahrul Nizam Sulaiman said the company’s long-term plan would include using closed-circuit television cameras to assess the extent of the corrosion to the pipe after repairs were concluded.

“We will have to assess whether it is more feasible to lay another alignment to reconnect the sewage flow from the Kuyoh pumping station to the Taman Mawar regional treatment plant or start replacing the pipes altogether.

“But consumers need not worry. They can still use their toilets and flush,” said Shahrul Nizam.

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