KUCHING: The Shefford View Residents (SVR) committee has clarified that the road at Stampin Tengah 5E was originally constructed to cater to low-volume traffic and to serve the 57 units of landed homes at Shefford View, while Royal Richmond Condominium (RRC) has been granted its entry and exit.
They said this in response to an earlier statement by the Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) in which residents of RRC had claimed that the main entrance to their units at Lorong Stampin Tengah 5E had been blocked and reserved for only 57 landed units at Shefford View with a security guardhouse and boom gate.
SCPA chairman Datuk Seri Victor Hii Lu Thian said the residents felt that Lorong Stampin Tengah 5E was a public road and there was no reason for Shefford View residents to reserve it for their exclusive use.
The SVR committee said with the width of the road at approximately 5m, it could barely fit two-way traffic, what more to cater to the massive surge of traffic flow from the condominium.
“Imagine the predicament of the house owners fronting this 5m road that suddenly has to suffer the heavy traffic congestion at their doorstep.”
“SVR would like to draw the attention of the public, government agencies, authorities, and policymakers to the fact that the original conditions for the Amalgamation Variation of Titles Condition (AVTC) for RRC clearly stated that the entrance/exit at Lorong Stampin Tengah 5E is to be used only for ‘emergency, scavenging, and servicing purpose’ and not as a main entrance or exit.”
They pointed out that the development scheme had been granted its entry and exit towards the main road of Jalan Datuk Bandar Mustapha.
“It is served with an approximate 9m internal vehicular road, leading to the main entry and exit into the main arterial road of Jalan Datuk Bandar Mustapha.”
They also said the allegation that the booth – referred to as a ‘security guard house’ in SCPA’s statement – was being used as means of reserving the road ‘for exclusive use’ and ‘privation of public road’ as published was far from the truth.
Noting that RRC was approved in 2015 and commenced construction thereafter, they explained that the small booth in question had been utilised by the Neighbourhood Watch for safety, security, and the prevention of burglaries since 2005.
“During the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, it also serves as a QR code station to encourage all visitors to scan MySejahtera or Qmunity applications for contact tracing before entering the neighbourhood.”
They appealed to SCPA to obtain further clarification from the developer regarding the actual situation, hoping that SCPA would be able to sympathise with the plight of house owners along Lorong Stampin Tengah 5E.
The committee stressed that they had never claimed any road for their use – “We understand that no public road is private, and this road is under the purview of Municipal Council/City Council.”
