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Is Another Highway The Solution To Traffic Woes?

David Yoong, Chairman, Stakeholders cum Residents Against PJD Link (SCRAP Highway)

28-Mar-23 08:30

Is Another Highway The Solution To Traffic Woes?

The government is proposing the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link elevated highway, to disperse traffic from Bandar Utama to Bandar Kinrara as part of the attempt to ease the congestion along the LDP. But is another highway the solution? David Yoong, Chairman, of Stakeholders cum Residents Against PJD Link (SCRAP Highway) gives us the reason why they are against this project.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar


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