Grand Saga to rebuild barricade

Tuesday May 27, 2008

GRAND Saga Sdn Bhd, the concessionaire of the Cheras- Kajang Highway, will reconstruct a barricade at the access road in Bandar Mahkota Cheras.

Its executive director, Zainal Abidin Ali, said in a press statement that the barricade was necessary to protect its interest as well as to ensure the safety of highway users.

According to Zainal Abidin, the original barricade was built to prevent unlawful access to the Cheras-Kajang Highway.

It was illegally demolished on April 21.

Since then, a series of events have occurred which led to further proceedings being instituted in the High Court by a resident of Bandar Mahkota Cheras, including an application to restrain the company from re-erecting a barricade.

This was refused by the High Court while noting an undertaking on the part of Grand Saga to re-erect the barricade within its indisputable concession area.

On May 13, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had given Grand Saga, developer Narajaya Sdn Bhd and the Malaysian Highway Authority seven days to reach an amicable solution.

The issue was not resolved after the grace period.

Grand Saga had advised the public to respect the court decision.