Council will not issue statement
23/05/2007 The Malay Mail By Nurrulmuna Mohd Ali

THE Kuala Selangor District Council will not be issuing any official statement to declare Jalan Seroja 1/1 at the Sungai Buloh Country Resort a public road.

Kuala Selangor District Council engineer Ahmad Jamzuri Mujaidi said the council was not required to declare it officially because the road had always been a public road under the Road, Building and Drainage Act, 1974 (Act 133).

Therefore, the developer, Glomac Berhad, has no right to close or allow limited access to the road.

The council also clarified that the area where the bungalow lots was situated was never a gated community as claimed by Glomac.

On Monday, the representative for SBCR Phase 4B and 4C Homeowners Association representing 250 double-storey link and semi-detached houseowners, Siti Zabedah Mohd Shariff, said the council must issue an official statement on the decision.

“We haven’t heard of the decision (declaring the road a public road).

“A letter on its decision is necessary as proof in case of further dispute,” she said.

Monday’s decision by the council, however, enraged 20 bungalow owners who claim that that the road was exclusively for their use.

“Glomac cheated us. We will sue Glomac and the council,” said SBCR Homeowners Association residents’ representative Gary Shaw.

Following the decision, the council had ordered Glomac to allow the public access to the road.

The road has become a centre of dispute between the two groups of residents — SBCR Homeowners Association which represented 20 bungalows owners and SBCR Phase 4B and 4C Homeowners Association representing 250 double-storey terrace and semi-detached house owners.

The bungalows owners had claimed that the road was for their exclusive use as their project was a gated community, as stated in their agreement with the developer.

They were adamant that the other group should not use the road as the bungalow owners are paying monthly fees to Glomac to maintain the road under the Deed of Mutual Covenants.

The double-storey and semi-detached house owners had complained that they were forced to fill up forms at the guard house to enter Jalan Seroja 1/1.

Glomac Bhd had said that Jalan Seroja 1/1 was divided into two, with the bungalows section being maintained by Glomac and the council had not taken over its maintenance.

The council’s decision followed a meeting held on May 11.