KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has issued a stop-work order for a construction site in Jalan Raja Laut with immediate effect following service disruption on the Ampang light rail transit (LRT) line on January 27.

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

He said the decision followed a meeting with representatives of the Land Transport Agency (Apad), Prasarana Malaysia Bhd and several DBKL departments on Saturday.

“This directive is a safety measure to ensure that Apad and its related agencies can investigate, scrutinise and determine the cause of the LRT service disruption,” he said in a statement today.

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

“DBKL will also seek the involvement of Apad and Prasarana to obtain their views, especially when there is a development application in or near the railway protection zone,” he said.

On January 27, 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, said preliminary checks found that the service delay was caused by damage to the flyover structure carrying the rail tracks due to construction work adjacent to the area. – Bernama, January 30, 2023.