ONE hundred parking bays will be added in the Brickfields’s Little India district, providing a much needed relief to residents and the business community in the township.
The free bays will be built at Lorong Chan Ah Tong field and open to the public on March 15, said Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan.
Saravanan, who visited the site yesterday, said the bays would provide a temporary solution to the dearth of parking bays in the area.
Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) will construct another 140 carpark bays at the Pines Bazaar (a three-storey building consisting of office space, 28 units of stalls) in Jalan Tun Sambanthan.
Coming soon: Saravanan (third from right), Brickfields Business Community Society secretary A. Karuppiah (second from right) and MRCB CEO Datuk Mohamed Razeek Hussain (fifth from right) at the field where 100 parking bays will be created.“With these extra 100 bays, there should be no excuse for people to double park or park on yellow lines,’’ Saravanan said.
On the Pines Bazaar project, he said the delay was due to the de-gazetting of the land but the problem had been resolved and the project would kick-off with a gound-breaking ceremony in two weeks.
On the 1Malaysia kiosk project which was in limbo for almost two years, Saravanan said the ministry would be reviving it as new locations had been identified for the kiosks.
The 1Malaysia kiosk was introduced by the ministry to help poor Indian traders earn a living in Little India.
“We are vetting the list, there were too many applications and we are going by the book to ensure that the right people are given the chance,’’ he said.
On the abandoned police beat in front of the Little India fountain, Saravanan said the beat would be handed over to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) by end of the month.
“Enforcement officers will take over the beat and their officers will be here to help the community in matters relating to safety, traffic and other issues,” he added.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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