PETALING JAYA: To the relief of motorists, Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama was reopened for traffic to exit from Jalan Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama yesterday, after more than a week's wait.

It is learnt that the road was reopened at midnight on Monday, three hours later from the time announced by the Petaling Jaya City Council.

Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) has erected a signboard at the heavily guarded 800sq m site where the road is located.

The signboard reminds motorists that they are trespassing on private property and that they are waiving their rights to any claim arising in any manner whatsoever or howsoever against BUCC.

It also states that the stretch is open to one-way traffic from Dec 1 to 14 by the council solely and strictly for a traffic study to be carried out

The Action Group Against The Closure of Jalan Tanjung has decided to file an injunction at the Shah Alam High Court to prevent the road from being closed again.

Its chairman Mohamed Shukri Zain said they had no choice but to do that to counter the injunction filed on Monday by the Bandar Utama Residents' Association (Bura) against the council and BUCC to stop both parties from reopening the road.

"We have to submit our application latest by tomorrow as we were told that the hearing for Bura is on Dec 8. If we had not filed an injunction, it would look as though only one side was telling the story.

"We want both sides to be heard. We have always wanted the road to be opened. We are speaking to our lawyers to finalise the draft and to decide which party the injunction should be against.

"But of course when you talk about the road, the only authority is the council and the owner is BUCC. So, it will very likely be against them," he said.

Shukri said the decision to pursue the matter at the High Court was agreed to by 10 Residents' Associations and the Parent-Teacher Association of SRJK (C) Damansara, which representatives were present at a meeting held at Tropicana Golf and Country Resort yesterday.

The group will seek written approval from the remaining nine residents' associations.

Shukri said the group was concerned that the injunction filed by Bura would derail Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's 14-day plan for a study with the view of expanding the road into four lanes.

Shukri said they hoped the state government would acquire the land in the interest of the public.

"This is to put a stop to this issue and the disputes surrounding it," he said.

BUCC had closed the road on Nov 16 following an announcement that it would take back the land, which was utilised by Tropicana developer, Dijaya Corporation Bhd, as a service road.

It was supposed to be handed back to BUCC after the completion of the Tropicana tunnel, according to an agreement made by both parties 14 years ago.

The closure of the road caused an uproar among the 20,000 residents from Tropicana and its surrounding areas.

On Nov 23, Khalid ordered that the road be re-opened to one-way traffic for two weeks so that motorists could use it to exit from Jalan Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama, and to enable a traffic study to be conducted.