KUALA LUMPUR — Along a short 500-metre stretch of road in Taman Danau Desa, there are already three condominiums, and residents say that’s enough.

They are now fighting to save two remaining plots of land along the same road, originally meant for a playground and a police station, from being turned into yet more high-rises.

That’s why the residents formed the Protect Taman Desa group to push for both lands to be restored to their original purpose.

Where are the playground and police station lands?

If you’re unfamiliar with Jalan 3/109f, it’s a tree-lined, two-way road in Taman Danau Desa about 450 to 500 metres long.

Two condominiums, Danau Permai and Danau Idaman, are on both sides when you turn into the road.

On the left, you’ll see shoplots, Danau Idaman condominium, a Shell petrol station, the under-construction Kensho Residence, and Lot 50255, the 0.86-acre land meant for a police station.

On the right are a Hindu temple, the 2.11-acre Lot 481440 meant for a playground, and water tanks near the end of the road.

The playground land takes up about one-third of the road’s length, roughly the size of one football field, or 25 parking bays.

Protect Taman Desa said both plots, once public land, have been sold to developers and rezoned for residential use, each with a 3.5 plot ratio —  potentially 320 condominium units per plot.

With three existing condos (totalling 1,012 units from Danau Permai and Danau Impian combined and 310 more from Kensho Residence), Taman Desa residents said two more projects could add about 650 units to the same road.