Reserved parking bays in PJ complex now open to public

PETALING JAYA: After more than a decade, Petaling Jaya residents’ request to allow them to park on the ground floor of the Kompleks A multistorey carpark has finally been granted.

Effective end of June, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will allow the public to park their vehicles for a maximum of two hours on the ground floor of the complex in Petaling Jaya New Town.

For years, 69 parking bays with two bays for the disabled at the ground floor were reserved for city council staff. The public were required to park their vehicles on higher floors.

Parking for MBPJ’s staff as well as those with monthly season parking access has now been moved to the higher floors.

The five-storey building, which has a total of 420 parking bays, is installed with lifts.

MBPJ councillor Derek Fernandez said the city council’s finance committee approved the motion to open the parking bays to the public.

“Businesses in the New Town area have suffered since the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We hope by making it convenient for the public to park and do their shopping quickly, and they will come more often to support the businesses here, ” he said.

In the past, the public generally did not favour parking on higher floors and having to walk up or down the narrow and steep stairways, he added.

Section 6 Rukun Tetangga chairman Rajesh Mansukhla was glad that the city council had finally responded to residents’ requests.

“MBPJ must understand the carpark was built for the public in the 1980s and it was never intended for city council staff.

“I am glad the ground floor is now vacated for public use, ” he said.