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Dear Residents,

I never knew some of these bosses who own some of the businesses in the shops around our area could be so unreasonable, 'gangster-like' and rude! I never knew they could behave as if they are bigger than everyone else, behaving as if they never ever went to school before, who are uneducated and are people who just shout their heads off!

That was the revelation that came about over the weekend when we implemented the gated and guarded community here in USJ 11/3. The good news is that, it is only confined to a couple of them. But we have since tried to engage with them and we will continue to negotiate with them in a civilised manner.

And then there were complaints made to the MPSJ and also to our ADUN, YB Hannah Yeoh by people from outside our area about the access road, etc. Folks, YB Hannah has been very supportive of our project but because of these selfish people who has been inconvenienced, she is now in a quagmire as to what to do for us!

These selfish people from outside our area have declared openly that all the roads that they happen to use are all 'main' roads that belong to them - no matter where they are located. Some of them have even made police reports about us closing the some of the roads in our own area! Can you imagine that? Crazy!

The main contention here is the access road. USJ 11/3K used to be a quiet street and traffic along this road was low. It was designed as access to the residents whose houses front that road and as well as residents living in the USJ 11/3 area. Until lately of course! This was when all the cars from the neighbouring area have been using this shortcut for their convenience to move from their housing area to the Taipan commercial area. They are also using our road shoulders along our area to park their cars for free which have killed the grass in the process. BOTAK! But do they care? It is there (the road, I mean) and therefore, it is meant for them to use!

Anyway, the USJ 11/3K road that originally serves our housing area, is now used to the max, to serve all and sundry! The people living in front of USJ 11/3K seems to have no more say and must put up with all the noise, pollution and including the danger of speeding cars and taxis racing at break neck speeds from one end to the other, running over the ramps without even blinking an eye! Not to mention, lorries and trucks that use this road as a trunk road. And to think, this road, USJ 11/3K, is just right next to the playground where there are many children playing and elderly use it in the mornings and evenings for their recreation.

Main road? Who are you kidding?

So, these selfish people continue to 'own' the road and those poor folks who live along USJ 11/3K have got absolutely no more say. Some of owners of the restaurants and pub are claiming that USJ 11/3K is a 'main road' for their customers! So, was it designed as such in the first place? Main road? With residential houses facing it? With the playground facing it? Tell me where is the logic???

The committee have met with our ADUN YB Hannah Yeoh again this afternoon to work out a plan that will take into account the problems that we are facing right now. We, the committee, have to be fair to all who are supporting us, including the MPSJ, the Police and even YB Hannah Yeoh herself. We cannot just act without taking into consideration their limitations and all. Therefore, for the time being, there will be 'leakages' in our access controls.

However, we are determined to get there one way or the other. For your information, the support from all of you have gone beyond the 75% mark and growing! This is quite amazing to say the least. Folks who did not believe in us, even critical of us are now supporting us openly. The reason? Simple! We are only doing this to protect ourselves and nothing else. We have to do that as there is just no other way anymore. That unfortunately is the reality, in this day and age.

In any case, we have the agreement from all concerned, to continue with our temporary closure pending clarity on what we can and cannot do. There will be more dialogues and meetings in the coming days, so please be patient in the meantime. You will notice some gates will be opened for traffic. This is meant to pacify the situation and to let people get used to the idea that this is going to be a permanent feature in our area.

The security enforcement will be tighten gradually and will be done in stages. As well as that, in the last few short days, the committee members have learned a lot from all the situations that have cropped up. With that comes possible solutions. The first priority is to ensure that the access control will be adequately controlled and properly implemented.

By the way, please tell all your neighbours not to park the cars along the road shoulder near the houses in streets L/M/N/P (opposite the Public Bank area) as we will be getting MPSJ to come and summon all the cars parked there.

So, please be reminded not to park your cars along that area. Don't say we did not inform you! And if you have any further queries, please do contact any of the committee members.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Jeffrey Khoo
Treasurer
11 Trees @ USJ