MBI UPGRADING IPOH TOURISM SPOT

 

IPOH: Kinta Riverwalk is one of the designated tourism spot for the Ipoh Heritage Trail in which the Ipoh City Council (MBI) is embarking into a project to upgrade the area around the Ipoh City Tourism Triangle.

The proposed plan for upgrading include Old Town based on a study made by the Special Area Plan (SAP) include Tin Mining Heritage City 2020 and the Ipoh Local Plan (2035) located on the banks of Kinta River.

 

KINTA RIVERWALK AREA

 

The project to develop Kinta Riverwalk is divided into three locations firstly in front of Kinta Riverfront Hotel starting from the Jalan Raja Musa Aziz Bridge until Jalan Lim Bo Seng Bridge spanning 1,600-metre funded by Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) with an allocation of RM3 million.

The second location starts near Hadramout Restaurant from Lim Bo Seng Bridge until Jalan Sultan Idris Shah Bridge spanning 280-metre borne by local government with an allocation of RM500,000.

The third location is located at Old Town starts from Jalan Sultan Idris Shah Bridge until Lorong Hala covering 280-metre funded by the Ministry of Housing & Local Government (KPKT) with an allocation of RM500,000.

Datuk Bandar Datuk Rumaizi Baharin @ MD Daud said that the construction work had been completed in front of Hotel Kinta Riverfront by NCIA. 

 

GERBANG MALAM

 

“Meanwhile, construction work for upgrading areas near Hadramout Restaurant is expected to be completed by June followed up with areas in Old Town which will start off by July and ends in December, this year.

“Plans for building the Amphitheatre structure in D.R. Seenivasagam Park is expected to be completed by March 2022.

“The council hopes with the newly upgraded Kinta Riverwalk will attract tourists from other states to Ipoh City, besides providing opportunity to small trader to do business, here.

 

VISITORS AT GERBANG MALAM

 

In another matter, Rumaizi said that a contractor has been appointed for the project of building a shading structure at Night Market (Gerbang Malam), which will start work by June and is expected to be completed by November, this year. This project is allocated for RM2.8 million.

“In addition, the council will be upgrading the Dato’ Tahwil Azar Food Court also popularly known as Children’s Playground (TKK) whereby construction work will begin in June and ready by October, involving repairing the roof and painting the buildings, with an allocation of RM750,000,” he said.