Project is safe, assures developer

05 February 2014| last updated at 12:37AM

KUALA LUMPUR: RESIDENTS of Taman Wahyu, Kepong are concerned about land-clearing activities taking place at a site next to their homes in Jalan Sibu.

They claimed that the development was being carried out on a landfill next to the Batu and Wahyu retention ponds.

Kepong Community Centre head Yee Poh Ping said residents feared that the site was not suitable for development, and were urging City Hall and the Housing and Local Government Ministry to look into the issue.

"The site where the land-clearing is taking place is a former sand-mining area that has become a landfill. There is bulk and construction waste piled up as high as seven metres. The residents want to know if an environmental study has been done on the land," said Yee.

He urged the authorities to ensure that all the building material and waste were cleared before any development on the site.

When contacted, a Mah Sing Group Bhd spokesman confirmed that the area has been slated for the Lakeville Residence project.

She also clarified that the area was not a landfill, as claimed by the residents, but rather, a brownfield.

"The project is not taking place on a sanitary landfill. The proposed development area sits on a construction landfill that can be easily rehabilitated for development," she said.

A brownfield is a piece of land previously used for industrial or commercial purposes. Such land has the potential to be developed once it is rehabilitated.

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