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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Petaling Jaya Owns The Smallest Roundabout In The World

You will not know this if you are not a PJian or someone who's familiar with roads in Petaling Jaya. Little did people know that Petaling Jaya (PJ) actually owns 2 of the smallest roundabout in the world (I guess). Both of these are tucked in not-so-familiar area of PJ.


The smallest (or ex-smallest) is roughly with the diameter of 3 feet. However, owing to the rapid development and redevelopment around PJ old factories, I need to check it out physically if it still exist. It is located at the industrial area of Section 51, near to the housing area and next to Malaysian Oxygen (MOX) factory. Very often, people will just drive through the roundabout, thinking that it is just a hump on the road from shoddy roadworks. Besides, due to the interlocking tiles used in that area, it is also difficult to differentiate the height of the hump. I'm hoping it is still there to clinch this title.




The next smallest (it still exists) is located at Section 51A, next to the MCIS building. The diameter is roughly around 6 feet, and this is easier to identify and notice by drivers. Due to the fact that the nearby government office are no longer in use, this roundabout has become less useful nowadays, other than forcing the cars to move along its perimeter.




Too bad, I do not have the latest photo to share, but I hope to get them as soon as I have the time to visit them. You will also noticed that they are not easy to be located from Google map.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I know this round about. I was one of 24 Councillors on MPPJ (now MBPJ) when this round about was gazetted (approved) with a roar of laughter. Almost made the Guinness Book of records, the engineers did not have sufficient sense of humor to file the application to Guinness' Book of Records.

mcarlosp said...

Dear Anonymous,

If you have a picture of the roundabout, hope you can share so that more people will know about its past glory. Thanks.

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Unknown said...

It is in Murang'a Kenya not here