THE one-year Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on a 61-ha wasteland as a new sanitary landfill in Jalan Sengkang, Pagoh, in Muar, is ready.
The Department of Environment (DOE) concluded that the site is suitable as a landfill.
Muar municipal councillor Goh Kim Huat said the department conducted the study last year as the current Bakri landfill site in Muar had reached its capacity.
Muar municipal councillor Goh Kim Huat said the department conducted the study last year as the current Bakri landfill site in Muar had reached its capacity.
He said the department has produced a 37-page report based on the EIA study on the Pagoh site.
Goh said the council would invite the DOE officers to brief Pagoh residents at the Pagoh market on March 12 to enable them to understand the project and air their views.
"We will accept their views and forward them to the DOE for consideration," he said when met at the municipal council recently.
"We will accept their views and forward them to the DOE for consideration," he said when met at the municipal council recently.
Goh said the book would be on display at the Jorak Penghulu Complex, Mukim Jorak Library, Mukim Pagoh Library and the Muar Municipal Council from March 9.
However, the council has applied for a two-week period to display the EIA.
He said Muar MCA Councillors' Community Service Centre at Jalan Bakri was prepared to provide interpreters to residents who do not know Malay, adding that it would also accept their views.
Goh said the new site, covering 60,958ha of wasteland including three lakes, could accept waste up to 400 tonnes a day compared to the current Bakri site which can only take 250 tonnes. -- By Chong Chee Seong
