Foodstuff also ended up covered in cement in the most recent incident.
PETALING JAYA mayor Datuk Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain has no qualms cancelling the development order given for a project in Section 17 should the developer continue to flout Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) regulations.
Mohd Azizi said he did not believe the developer would deliberately disobey MBPJ, especially upon receiving a stop-work order on Dec 24 following a second mishap affecting members of the public at the site.
However, StarMetro was informed that construction work had resumed on Thursday despite the stop-work order.
Section 17 morning market chairman Low Chun Foo said he was surprised to find that construction had resumed although the necessary safety features had yet to be set up.
When StarMetro approached the mayor to ask if MBPJ had authorised the resumption, Mohd Azizi appeared surprised but said he preferred to think of the developers in a positive light.
“They may have resumed work because they have complied with all our conditions. We will give them the benefit of doubt, but I will check on this claim.
“However, if they have gone ahead without our approval, the penalty will be twice as bad and I will not hesitate to cancel their development order,” he said.
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Mohd Azizi also said MBPJ officers had been monitoring the situation at the market regularly.
He was speaking at the launch of the Sustainable Community Award 2016 and PJKita in Damansara.
The Star Online had on Dec 24, 2016 highlighted the latest incident in the story “Second stop-work order issued for Section 17 project”.
In the incident, cement had rained down on the morning market traders along Jalan 17/29 through a roof built by the developer to shield the market.
A trader and her fresh food stall, a car, van and several shops were covered in wet cement as customers ran away screaming.
Traders have said they fear losing customers because of these incidents.
According to them, the developers had earlier agreed to start construction on the market side only in the afternoon after the market had closed, every day.
This is not the first time a stop-work order had been issued on the project.
The first was issued in April last year after part of the fixtures almost came tumbling down but were stopped by the safety nets.
