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39-539: The Bukit Lanjan state constituency includes Bandar Utama Damansara, Bandar Sri Damansara , Mutiara Damansara , Damansara Perdana and Kayu Ara . There are 25,550 registered voters in Bukit Lanjan of whom 52.8% are Chinese, 31.8% Malays, 14.7% Indians and 0.7% others. Bukit Lanjan has a population of about 50,000. Of the total number, 25% are in the lower-income group residing in Kampung Sungei Kayu Ara and

78-458: A few such as Smart Reader Kids Bandar Utama Damansara which is located at a corner lot of Jalan BU6/12. There is a community centre completed in the year 2005 situated between BU6 and BU3 next to Puay Chai 2 school. This community centre contains a community hall, a football ( soccer ) field, basketball/volleyball court and a few indoor badminton courts. It was built as a trade-off for not building low-cost houses. Many residents like to play games at

117-580: A grand ballroom, and Extra Super Tanker , a popular Chinese Cuisine Restaurant. There are ample parking facilities available for members and guests. Bandar Utama Damansara is served by a mass rapid transit (MRT) station,  KG09  Bandar Utama , on the MRT Kajang Line . It is located between Sri Pentas and the LDP. The station is directly linked with the One World Hotel/1 Utama complex and

156-428: A narrower temporary ramp to Penchala Link but according to the highway concessionaire, the temporary ramp is quite unsafe due to risks of being collided from behind. For the time being, the highway concessionaire is still negotiating with the land owner in order to open the two-lane ramp. At 3pm, 3 June 2010, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor officially opened this disputed ramp. Hitherto, road users living in

195-627: Is a 5-star hotel completed in 2007 named One World Hotel. There are 438 rooms in the hotel located next to Sri Pentas . The Club located at Bukit Utama Damansara is a membership-based golf and recreation club that has a 9-Hole golf course with night golfing facilities. The Club is popular among residents not only from Bandar Utama Damansara but residential areas surrounding Bandar Utama Damansara. The Club facilities boasts of its three indoor artificial grass tennis courts, squash courts, badminton courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, steam room, amped trampoline park, gym, meetings and conferences facilities,

234-838: Is a residential suburb and home to the popular 1 Utama Shopping Centre . Bandar Utama Damansara, together with neighbouring Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara , form the PJU 6 section of the city of Petaling Jaya . Bandar Utama Damansara is represented in parliament by the MP for Damansara , Gobind Singh Deo and State Assemblywoman for Bandar Utama , Jamaliah Jamaluddin . As of 2004, it is estimated that there are 59,040 people residing in Bandar Utama Damansara. The population had risen to roughly 100,000 people by 2021. The primary residents appear to be Chinese followed by Indian and Malay. However, there were nearby squatter settlements of illegal immigrants in

273-594: Is also constant traffic congestion leading to 1 Utama Shopping Centre and IKEA , and the roadside hawker issue at Bandar Sri Damansara. There was an Orang Asli village on the hill previously, consisting mainly of the Temuan tribe. But today the village has been relocated to Desa Temuan, near Damansara Perdana . Their "Batin" (meaning leader in Temuan language) name is Kanau. 30 percent of Temuan here are Muslim, 20 percent are Christian and 50 percent are animists, believing in

312-636: Is also right next to a McDonald's drive-through restaurant A Tesco outlet, the Ikano Power Centre, the Curve mall and the largest IKEA outlet in Southeast Asia were opened in the adjacent township of Mutiara Damansara . This has provided even more choices to the residents of Bandar Utama Damansara. There are also free bus services from the Curve to Bintang Walk , and from 1 Utama to Sri Hartamas . There

351-825: Is known to many Buddhists throughout the Klang Valley. Until recently, there has not been a church in Bandar Utama Damansara. Most Charismatics opted for either the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, the Damansara Utama Methodist Church, or the PJEFC which are all located in Seksyen 13, Petaling Jaya, or the Grace Assembly located in Taman SEA (SEA Park). Roman Catholics who live in the area tend to worship at

390-515: Is located at Kampung Kayu Ara in Petaling Jaya , Selangor . The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) sections from Damansara–Puchong Expressway at Penchala , Penchala Tunnel to Mont Kiara . The Kilometre Zero of the Penchala Link's section is located at Mont Kiara Interchange The proposal to build the expressway was motivated by heavy traffic on Jalan Damansara . The concession for the expressway

429-537: Is one of the busiest expressway during rush hour to and from the city centre. The 11.5 km (7.1 mi) sections from Seputeh Interchange at Federal Highway to NKVE at Jalan Duta. The Kilometre Zero of the Kerinchi Link's section is located at Mont Kiara-NKVE Interchange. The 9.5 km (5.9 mi) sections from Kayu Ara to Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of the Damansara Link's section

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468-415: Is roughly 1000 acres (4 km ) in size, and is divided into 12 sections ranging from BU1 to BU12. These sections are served by roads, e.g. Jalan BU2/5 where "Jalan" is a Malay word meaning road, BU2 is the section and 5 is the road number. Houses on one side of the road have even numbers, and the other side odd numbers, so one side of a road will consist of houses with numbers 2, 4, 6, 8 and so forth while

507-558: Is the main expressway network in Klang Valley , Malaysia . The 26.5 km (16.5 mi) expressway is divided into three sections: the Kerinchi Link , Damansara Link and Penchala Link . It is a three-lane dual carriageway that was built to disperse traffic from congested inner city roads and narrow residential streets leading into Kuala Lumpur from the western suburbs, including Petaling Jaya , Damansara , and surrounding areas. It

546-603: The LRT Kelana Jaya Line . These buses, which are provided by 1 Utama, depart from the 1 Utama New Wing bus stop. From this bus stop, there are also Rapid KL buses to and from Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya . Bandar Utama Damansara is served by both the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) and the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP). Bandar Utama Damansara, like most of Damansara, falls under

585-476: The Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas areas wanting to go to Jalan Duta , Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) and Penchala Link only had two lanes to use. "This new ramp will ease the movement of almost 22,000 vehicles per day", he told reporters after opening the ramp. Shaziman said the 50-metre ramp, which was delayed for seven years owing to problems related to acquisition of land, was completed in five months after

624-491: The 1Powerhouse building where the park and ride bays and feeder bus stop are located. In the future, the station will also serve as the terminus of the new LRT Shah Alam Line . There are two MRT feeder bus routes running from the bus stop, covering parts of Bandar Utama Damansara as well as neighbouring neighbourhoods. Bandar Utama also has one bus hub, Bandar Utama bus hub , located near 1 Utama . There are also frequent buses to and from  KJ24  Kelana Jaya on

663-468: The BU12 residential area. There are 3 national primary schools, a Chinese primary school (Puay Chai 2) and a Tamil primary school in Bandar Utama Damansara. There are also four secondary schools. The first primary school was opened near BU12 in 1998, but as of 2004 had begun to languish due to the opening of primary schools on the other side of Bandar Utama Damansara. The first secondary school, SMK Bandar Utama

702-559: The Church of St. Ignatius, near Kampung Chempaka (Cempaka Village) or Kristus Aman, located in Taman Tun Dr Ismail . However, in August 2017, Victory Church, a Foursquare Gospel Church , moved into Centrepoint Mall. There is a surau (prayer hall) for Muslims at BU3, and the village of Kayu Ara has a mosque . Since 2016, there is also a huge mosque named Masjid Bandar Utama just beside

741-525: The Northbound direction of Kerinchi Link to Penchala Link at the Mont Kiara Interchange Exit 2303 could not be opened to traffic as a result of a land owner fencing the land which became a part of the ramp. The land owner's action has created difficulties among the residents of Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas, and even the highway concessionaire itself. Meanwhile, the highway concessionaire has made

780-534: The Pelangi Damansara low-cost flats. The upper-income group makes up about 35% of the population in areas like Bandar Utama , Mutiara Damansara , Damansara Perdana and Bandar Sri Damansara , while the remaining 40% is the middle-income group. The most common complaints from the residents in the constituency are about the infrastructure - the upgrading and maintenance of drains, roads and fields - and security matters such as car thefts and house break-ins. There

819-627: The Penchala Link in 2004. This expressway also featured its own toll collection system known as the "FasTrak". On 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system was replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems . The construction of the SPRINT Expressway included acquiring and upgrading several major roads: The expressway has several notable features: The double-deck carriageway design of Kerinchi Link from Bukit Kiara Interchange Exit 2310 to Kerinchi Interchange Exit 2310

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858-458: The Penchala Link. The concession period is for 33 years and commenced on the effective date on 15 December 1998. After this period, the toll collection will cease and the highways will be handed over to the government. Construction began in 1999, which included acquiring and upgrading several major roads, such as Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kayu Ara, Jalan Sri Hartamas, and Jalan Semantan. The Kerinchi Link and Damansara Link were opened in 2001, followed by

897-559: The approval from the Ministry of Education with the aim to foster stronger relations between the schools in its neighbouring countries. This programme had also been highlighted in stuff@school pullout of The Star newspaper. In early 2007, the school beat SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4) and SMK Damansara Jaya in the Tan Sri Datuk Wira Abdul Rahman Arshad cup; in the first and second rounds. Against SMK Damansara Jaya,

936-455: The construction of the expressway, Jalan Semantan could not be widened to six lanes; consequently, the highway concessionaire took another main road at Damansara Town Centre for the Eastbound route, including Jalan Johar and Jalan Beringin. Damansara Town Centre became the "island" of the separated carriageways. When the expressway was opened to the traffic, the 530 m-long two-lane off-ramp from

975-516: The early 1990s under the company named See Hoy Chan Holdings Sdn. Bhd., and an attempt to modernise the area was made, with the opening of Sri Pentas, TV3's broadcast centre was officially opened on 22 October 1996, as well as the 1 Utama Shopping Centre, which became increasingly well known after the Jaya Jusco chain of department stores, presently known as AEON , moved its Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur outlet to Bandar Utama Damansara in 1995. With

1014-752: The facilities. Residents of Bandar Utama Damansara tend to shop at the 1 Utama shopping mall, the second-largest mall in Malaysia . 1 Utama is located at the far end of the BU1-BU10 side (right beside Damansara–Puchong Expressway), and quite a distance from BU11 and BU12. It is tenanted by almost every international brand, and two large cineplexes with a total of 24 screens. A significant number of international tourists also shop at 1 Utama. It has been well patronised since its opening in 1995, allowing it to more than double its size since then. As of 2004, it spans more than 5,000,000 square feet (460,000 m ), making it one of

1053-576: The highly reputed primary and secondary schools at Damansara Utama and Damansara Jaya . There is also First City University College, formerly known as KBU International College (KBU) , a private tertiary institution and the British International School, Kuala Lumpur that follows the British educational curriculum in Malaysia. For early childhood development centres or kindergartens, there are

1092-426: The instructions from federal government that it no longer provided a "conducive learning environment" because of traffic congestion and noise pollution from the neighbouring Sprint Expressway. The Sprint Expressway uses open toll systems. As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at three stretches toll plazas on

1131-497: The intervention by the Malaysian Prime Minister , Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak , who had immediately approved about RM20 million for the acquisition of land. The old SJKC Damansara has one block located at Section 17 near Jalan Damansara (now Sprint Expressway). However, on 26 January 2001, the school was moved from old block at Section 17 to the new smart school at PJU 3, near Tropicana Golf and Country Club following

1170-556: The jurisdiction of the Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (Petaling Jaya City Council). 3°08′16″N 101°36′38″E  /  3.1378804°N 101.6105594°E  / 3.1378804; 101.6105594 Sprint Expressway SPRINT Expressway [REDACTED] Sprint Expressway ( Malay : Sistem Penyuraian Trafik Kuala Lumpur Barat , English: System of Traffic Dispersal in Western Kuala Lumpur )

1209-450: The largest malls in Malaysia. Centrepoint Bandar Utama, a much smaller commercial complex is also frequented by those who do not feel like travelling to the far end of Bandar Utama Damansara. It is located in the heart of the neighbourhood, and is much more cosier than 1 Utama. It thrives in particular with officeworkers in a hurry having their lunch breaks, as well as students from the three secondary schools within walking distance of it. It

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1248-415: The neighbouring Kayu Ara village which is enclosed by Bandar Utama Damansara and Damansara Utama . They have now mostly been relocated to nearby low-cost flats and their squatter houses demolished to make way for legal developments. Until 1991, the Bandar Utama Damansara area was originally consisted of palm oil estates with a population fewer than 100 people. Development of Bandar Utama Damansara began in

1287-465: The opening of several new schools in 1997 and 1998, as well as the establishment of Kolej Bandar Utama, a tertiary institution, Bandar Utama Damansara continued to grow. In 2004, additional residential precincts of BU7, BU10 and BU6 (comprising 2½-storey houses) were completed. These are newer sections of Bandar Utama Damansara compared to the older sections, BU1 until BU4, which were completed in phases beginning from 1991 until 1996. Bandar Utama Damansara

1326-556: The opposite will have houses numbered 1, 3, 5, 7 and so on. A bridge over the Sprint Expressway joins the two parts of Bandar Utama Damansara, sections BU1 until BU10 and BU11 with BU12, which are separated by the expressway. The Bandar Utama Buddhist Society was registered on 28 March 2000. Uttama Bodhi Vihara, located in BU3, is an iconic building that is the home of the Society. Today, it

1365-520: The power of nature. 3°11′N 101°36′E  /  3.183°N 101.600°E  / 3.183; 101.600 This Selangor location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bandar Utama Bandar Utama Damansara is a residential township located within the Sungai Buloh mukim (subdivision) of the Petaling District , Selangor , Malaysia . It

1404-646: The school's third speaker was named Best Speaker. The school's Drama Team landed third place at a drama competition for the Damansara zone; with their comedy The Poser Dilemma. There is a propensity for some parents to school their children outside Bandar Utama Damansara, particularly for those living on the BU11/BU12 side, who tend to send their children to the Tropicana primary or secondary schools in Sunway Damansara , or

1443-475: Was also opened around the same time. The school has enjoyed an increase in media coverage particularly due to their performance in the annual The Star National Best School Newspaper Competition; in which the 2003 class of 4 Adil won runner-up. The school was also recently involved in the Student Exchange Programme held between Phuay Chai Secondary School, Singapore and SMK Bandar Utama which had gained

1482-458: Was awarded to Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (SPRINT). On 23 October 1997, the concession agreement was signed between the Government of Malaysia and Sprint for the privatisation of the improvement, upgrading, design, construction, maintenance, operations, and management of the expressway. A supplementary agreement was subsequently signed on 4 September 1998 to defer the construction of

1521-413: Was made as a result of the early controversial issues during the development stage. The construction of the stretch took place at the border of Universiti Malaya , which meant that the construction could take up some of the university area, which sparked complaints. As a result, the expressway concessionaire Sprint came up with the idea of a double-deck carriageway which could reduce the land usage. During

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