BY BRENDA CH’NG

Identification: Rajiv placing a car sticker on a resident’s car.

MOTORISTS whose cars do not have special stickers issued by the Section 14 Petaling Jaya residents association will be fined RM300 or more by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), the police or both.

This only applies to areas from Jalan 14/1 to Jalan 14/15, with the only exception being residents living in the area.

Enforcement officers are now working with the Jalan 14/1 to Jalan 14/15 Section 14 Residents Association (RA) to issue fines to all vehicles parked without RA stickers.

“Previously, there were cars parked everywhere in our neighbourhood, making it hard for residents to move in and out.

“Some even went to the extent of parking haphazardly at junctions or even outside residents’ main gates,” said Section 14 RA chairman Selve Sugumaran.

Now, the volume of cars being parked illegally has reduced since the fines were enforced on a smaller scale in September last year.

To inform residents and outsiders, about 30 banners were put on display around the neighbourhood to warn motorists on the risks of a fine.

From about 15 cars that were parked illegally along Jalan 14/6 every day, the number has reduced to almost none.

However, there are still cars being parked at hotspots such as Jalan 14/4, Jalan 14/6, Jalan 14/4C, Jalan 14/2 and Jalan 14/15.

“This time we want to reenergise this move and give out the stickers for free to all 600 households in the area,” he said.

The RA has put in application forms into residents’ post boxes, which they can fill out to get two stickers each.

Those with three or four cars can apply for the stickers accordingly.

“To ensure people don’t misuse the stickers, we keep track of the applications and also the serial number on the sticker,” he said.

They have printed about 1,200 stickers for residents, which come complete with important numbers for utility companies, the police and MBPJ at the back of the sticker.

Selve said the police and MBPJ enforcement officers visited the area at least five times a day to patrol and issue fines.

“When we called the police previously, they were very helpful and would come within six minutes or so,” he said.

Helping make this possible by bearing the costs of printing the stickers and banners was Bukit Gasing assemblyman R. Rajiv, who is also determined to help residents solve traffic woes in the area.

“The illegal parking here is really bad as this area is sandwiched between many different commercial activities,” he said.

One corner has the Asia Jaya LRT station, another fronts the Brickfields Asia College (BAC), then there is Jaya Shopping Centre, Plaza 33 and also the Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital.

All these places have sufficient parking spaces within the respective premises but somehow visitors still choose to park haphazardly in the residential area.

“There are more than 600 parking bays in Asia Jaya LRT station, more than 400 inside Jaya Shopping Centre and also ample parking bays inside Plaza 33 and BAC,” he said.