The multi-storey carpark complex in Persiaran Perdana in Precinct 4 (in the background) is underutilised due to motorists using the vacant plot nearby. — Photos: AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
PUTRAJAYA: Parking is a perennial problem in some of the government complexes and residences here.
Those living or working there can now breathe a sigh of relief as three multi-storey carpark complexes are under construction in the administrative capital.
The Federal Government has allocated RM60.85mil for the projects. There will be one carpark complex for the Finance Ministry building (RM40mil) and two more for government apartments, namely for Phases 5 and 6 in Precinct 9 (RM15.85mil) and Phase 4B in Precinct 8 (RM5mil).
All the projects are scheduled to be completed by 2024.
Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) Engineering and Maintenance Department deputy president Marzuki Abdullah said parking was a big problem in some areas and many resorted to parking on road kerbs, the side of the road, in landscaped areas or any space that their vehicle could fit into without obstructing traffic.
The biggest project among the three is the Finance Ministry’s six-storey carpark.
Scheduled to be completed by February next year, the complex is being built on adjacent government land previously used as an open-air carpark and had a futsal court.
“Once the project is completed, it will provide an additional 800 parking bays for cars, 80 for motorcycles and 12 reserved for the disabled,” said Marzuki. “The top floor will also have a multipurpose futsal court.”
He said the Finance Ministry carpark complex would be the second multi-storey carpark building for a government office in the city.
“The first is located near the Housing and Local Government Ministry office but is not fully utilised because people tend to park at some nearby temporary open-air parking lots.
“Similarly, there are many open-air carparks on land that has not been developed, which helps to manage the parking problem in the surrounding areas,” he added.
Marzuki said there were numerous requests for more parking spaces in many government apartments in Putrajaya.
As the money was coming from the Federal Government, he said, there were processes involved that took time and could be done only in phases.
“The project for Phases 5 and 6 in Precinct 9 will be completed in September next year.
“It will provide residents with an additional 375 parking bays for cars, 79 for motorcycles, and eight for the disabled.
“The five-storey carpark is being built in the residential compound, which was previously a combination of green area, open-air carpark, playground and basketball court.
“The playground will be relocated to another spot and the top floor of the carpark project will have a futsal court that doubles up as a basketball court,” he said.
The two-storey carpark project in Phase 4B in Precinct 8 is built on an existing open-air carpark site.
When that is completed in January 2024, it will provide an additional 114 bays for cars, 52 for motorcycles and five for disabled parking.
