Part of retaining wall in Bukit Serdang 7 collapses

Part of a retaining wall in Bukit Serdang 7, which had earlier showed signs of erosion, collapsed while reconstruction work was being carried out.

Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah said the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) discovered the erosion around the wall which is located near Jalan BS 7/7.

It then appointed a contractor to repair the wall, but the wall collapsed when work was 90% completed.

We are still investigating the cause and will check if the contractor had failed to adhere to the project specifications.

A small shrine located at the top of the slope could have also slightly hindered the work, Ean Yong said.

He added that the initial cost to repair the wall was less than RM20,000.

MPSJ deputy engineering director Azizah Baharon said the affected stretch was estimated to be 6m long and 3m high.

The wall was formerly a rubble wall and had been rebuilt to be a reinforced concrete wall.

We will ask the same contractor to rectify the slope and revert to a rubble wall, she said.

Ean Yong has also asked MPSJ to blacklist the contractor.

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Part of retaining wall in Bukit Serdang 7 collapses