Two retention ponds have been constructed near Taman Dixon, in Luyang, as part of mitigation efforts to prevent two housing roads there from being hit by flash floods
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Published on: Tuesday, July 20, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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City Hall staff climb the steep slope in Taman Dixon to clear the undergrowth on this drain reserve.
CITY HALL will make periodic checks on the condition of a drain reserve behind some Luyang homes while, the Public Works Department (PWD) has yet to inspect a Penampang road reserve after a month.
This follows two separate complaints about the overgrown greenery in these areas.
The trees, growing on the government land behind a house in Taman Dixon, made a Luyang rate-payer uneasy due to their substantial height.
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She said the trees swayed vigorously from side to side when there was a strong wind blowing.
Published on: Thursday, July 08, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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2016: This Taman Dixon home owner (left) joins City Hall staff as they inspect the collapse of the retaining wall in September.
Half a decade after it collapsed, City Hall hopes to finally begin reconstructing a gabion wall in a Luyang neighbourhood.
A pile of rocks has been lying in compounds of several homes in Taman Dixon since the structure behind Lorong Apens 2 fell in 2016.
The affected back yard fences still have not been properly restored.
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On top of this stones occasionally roll down the slope, formerly held up the wall, clogging the drains at the back of homes nearby.
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