Residents upset part of access road taken up by developers retaining wall

KUCHING: Teo Gek Tiang, who has been residing at Laman Bong Chin off Rock Road here since 1980, is dismayed that a commercial project had partially occupied the only access road to her house.

Met at her residence yesterday, she lamented that the current access road measured sevenmetres would shrink to lessthan five metres upon completion, leaving very limited margin for cars to reverse or exit.

She said the developer had covered up the monsoon drain to cater for the project and what struck her as irresponsible was it further occupied two or so meters along the access road for a retaining wall.

Never mind that they covered the monsoon drain and we would never know whats going on underneath. It is absolutely unacceptable now that they decided to make the only access road of ours narrower.

Do they expect us to do reverse all the way to get to the junction? Ive been living

here for almost 35 years and never have I come across such an irresponsible gesture, totally ignoring how we the residents here feel and the inconvenience caused, she said in the presence of Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How, who is also state PKR vice chairman and a lawyer by profession.

Also present was Teos daughter Su Hoon, who said letters of complaints had been sent to the Land and Survey Department (LSD) and Kuching South City Council (MBKS)

She added that she had also made a police report on Aug 12 against the developer.

As of yesterday, none of the authorities had either responded to the complaint or taken any action.

Su Hoon said some parts of the road had sunken as a result of the construction works which also caused part of the car porch to crack .

Go here to see the original:
Residents upset part of access road taken up by developers retaining wall