Objectives

1. Responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining road infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur at an acceptable level in line with the approved financial resources.

2. Providing quality road infrastructure by installing streetlights in new project areas to achieve the vision of making Kuala Lumpur a "City of Lights" and enhancing the city's image globally.

3. Establishing a comprehensive main drainage network system to minimize flood risks.

4. Developing an effective, practical, and efficient flood warning system to predict flood occurrences.

Functions

Overall Functions of the Department

1. Maintain the public road network, roadside drains, back lanes/sides, and retaining walls within the road reserve.

2. Process road excavation permit applications from utility companies/agencies such as TNB, Telekom, IWK, and Air Selangor.

3. Manage the construction of road projects, bridges, overpasses, tunnels, and interchanges.

4. Carry out repairs on collapsed slopes within the road reserve and the slopes under DBKL, as well as maintain and repair bridges, overpasses, and vehicle tunnels.

5. Plan, manage, and implement flood mitigation projects, including upgrading drainage systems, constructing flood retention ponds, and building flood control pump houses.

6. Perform maintenance to preserve the aesthetic cleanliness and hydraulic capacity of main drains to reduce flood risks, such as cleaning silt, clearing bushes, collecting waste, repairing main drains, and building small-scale urban drainage systems.

7. Carry out maintenance to preserve the cleanliness, aesthetics, and hydraulic capacity of rivers to reduce flood risks, such as repairing riverbanks, collecting waste, cleaning silt, and maintaining flood retention ponds.

Administration and Finance Division

1. Provide support to all divisions within the department.

2. Supervise office matters, records management, staff welfare, and staff career management.

3. Ensure the department's financial management is organized and efficient.

4. Manage public complaints through channels such as the ADU@KL system, correspondence, phone calls, face-to-face interactions, and other social media platforms.

Public Engineering Division

Road Maintenance Unit

1. Develop scheduled repair/maintenance programs for road infrastructure and pedestrian walkways according to the budget.

2. Maintain public road networks, roadside drains, back/sidelines, pedestrian safety fences, pedestrian paths, roads, tunnels, and public road signs.

3. Update the list of road declarations and submit the MARRIS Form to the Ministry of Finance for the purpose of obtaining grants.

4. Conduct regular inspections, prepare reports on damages, and carry out maintenance work on drains, roads, street furniture, road markings, and other small-scale tasks by the department's workforce.

5. Perform immediate small-scale work and provide emergency assistance for incidents such as landslides, soil subsidence, burst pipes, and other similar events from time to time.

Road Projects Unit

1. Identify project locations/requirements.

2. Prepare consultant evaluation reports to be presented to the Department's Consultant Evaluation Committee.

3. Prepare Consultant Agreement Documents.

4. Review the design provided and submit it to the Local Centre Committee (OSC) meeting for approval.

5. Prepare Tender Documents.

6. Monitor the progress of design work carried out by consultants and issue payment certificates to the consultants based on progress.

7. Review the design provided and submit it to the Local Centre Committee (OSC) meeting for approval.

Utility Permit Unit

1. Process road excavation permit applications for utility installation within road reserves by utility agencies/developers such as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Indah Water Konsortium (IWK), Pengurusan Air Selangor, and Telecommunications Companies.

2. Coordinate road excavation work within public road reserves and footpaths in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (WPKL) by utility agencies and developers.

3. Process claims for compensation costs and road repair after excavation.

4. Coordinate the repair of excavated holes by utility agencies/developers within public road reserves only.

5. Carry out maintenance work to restore roads affected by excavation within public road reserves.

6. Coordinate approvals for emergency excavation work due to incidents such as burst pipes, electrical cable damage, telecommunications cable damage, and public sewer pipes within road reserves.

7. Coordinate approvals for the repair of manhole cover damage by utility agencies within public road reserves.

8. Conduct regular inspections of excavation works and review public complaints, assessing damage caused by the work of agencies or developers within public road reserves.

9. Issue compound notices/recommendations to the Enforcement Department for compound notices to be issued to utility agencies/developers performing unauthorized work or failing to comply with established conditions.

Slope and Bridge Unit

Slope

1. Prepare and update the inventory of slopes within road reserves and green areas under the control of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), including the geological and geotechnical feature database of slopes.

2. Conduct forensic investigations for slope collapse incidents in road reserves and areas under DBKL's control.

3. Perform periodic inspections of slopes and recommend regular maintenance work.

4. Carry out repair works on collapsed slopes in road reserves and slope areas under DBKL's jurisdiction.

5. Coordinate with geotechnical experts from other agencies and landowners involved in short-term and long-term slope incidents.

6. Inspect slopes within road reserves or DBKL-owned areas handed over for maintenance takeover purposes.

7. Plan and implement works for slopes on lands owned by the Federal Land Commissioner (PTP).

8. Maintain retaining walls within road reserves.

Bridge

1. Control and update bridge management data.

2. Develop a regular inspection program for bridges, flyovers, and vehicular tunnels.

3. Conduct periodic inspections of bridges, flyovers, and vehicular tunnels.

4. Take over bridges, flyovers, and vehicular tunnels after completion and inspect the inventory.

5. Maintain and repair bridges, flyovers, and vehicular tunnels.

6. Provide and improve safety aspects for bridges, flyovers, and vehicular tunnels.

Drainage Section

Drainage Project Unit

1. Plan, implement, and maintain the main drainage system for flood mitigation and to address flash flood issues in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

2. Strategically implement the Proposed Kuala Lumpur Urban Drainage Master Plan and Rainwater Management Plan.

3. Manage flood mitigation projects using both structural and non-structural methods.

4. Construct and upgrade the capacity of small rivers.

5. Build flood retention ponds and pump stations.

6. Manage the flood warning system, including electronic signage and siren systems.

7. Plan and implement the wastewater treatment plant program under the ‘River of Life’ project.

Main Drainage Unit

1. Manage and design a systematic, organized, and planned maintenance, repair, and cleaning program for the main drainage system, such as clearing vegetation, dredging silt, repairing the drainage structure, and maintaining safety fences for main drainage.

2. Receive and investigate complaints related to the main drainage system.

3. Carry out emergency work related to the main drainage system.

River Maintenance Unit

1. Carry out scheduled maintenance to preserve cleanliness, aesthetics, and hydraulic capacity of rivers to reduce flood risks.Kerja Penyelenggaraan Sungai:
   i. Trash Collection
   ii. Cleaning of Shrubs
   iii. Silt Removal
   iv. Bank Repair

2. Flood Retention Pond Maintenance Works:
   i. Pond Cleaning
   ii. Bank Repair

3. Emergency Works After Rain

4. Coordinating with relevant agencies related to rivers, such as the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS), Department of Environment (JAS), Land Office, State Government of Selangor, and others.

5. Carrying out tasks to control the water quality of flood retention ponds and lakes to ensure it is safeguarded.