LRT disruption: DBKL issues stop-work order for Menara Soho project

• "This directive is a safety measure to ensure that the Land Public Transport Agency and its related agencies can investigate, scrutinise, and then determine the cause of the LRT service disruption."

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has issued a stop-work order for a construction site in Jalan Raja Laut here with immediate effect, following service disruption on the Ampang Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line last Friday (Jan 27).

Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah said the stop-work order was issued to "Tetuan Persekutuan Seruan Islam (Jam'iyah) Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan", the owners of the proposed project, which involves the construction of the 44-storey Menara Soho building comprising 326 units with a basement on Lot PT 163.

He said the decision was made based on the outcome of a meeting held with representatives of the Land Public Transport Agency, Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, and several DBKL departments on Saturday.

"This directive is a safety measure to ensure that the Land Public Transport Agency and its related agencies can investigate, scrutinise, and then determine the cause of the LRT service disruption," he said in a statement on Monday.

 He said the project is currently only in the preliminary stage, involving earthworks outside of zone 1 and zone 2 (the protection zone).

“DBKL through its one-stop committee will also seek the involvement of the Land Public Transport Agency and Prasarana to obtain their views, especially when there is a development application in or near the railway protection zone," he added.

Last Friday, the LRT service for the Ampang Line experienced delays, due to a kinked track alignment near the Bandaraya LRT Station.

Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd in a statement stated that preliminary checks found that the LRT service delay was caused by damage to the flyover structure carrying the rail tracks due to construction work adjacent to the area.