QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Oct 16 2013, 11:39 AM)
Yes, the river of life (ROL) is an Entry Point Project (EPP) identified in the Greater Kuala Lumpur/ Klang Valley national key economic area
(NKVE) under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). But the bulk of development that been proposed is from Titiwangsa down to Seputeh only. That means all the infrastructure developments and works will be carried out along this stretch river taxis, F&B outlets or recreational parks. Of course, OKR will get the spill over effect of it, since its a connected stream of river which flows down south before going west towards the straits of Malacca. The water will be cleaner and the targeted standard is ClassIIB, which means safe for body contact. From this ROL project, I believe private developers will take effort to come up with their own development for the Klang river along OKR. Don't think developers will be interested with
Puchong side of the river as the river will be much dirtier once it flows down out of OKR section. * Should be NKEA..
Okie

a few points to highlight here regarding the statements above,
The River of Life (RoL) project involves 3 Big things: 1) River Cleaning, 2) River Beautification & 3) River Development
The proposed beautification works along the 10.7km stretch of river from Titiwangsa to Seputeh is referring to no.2
River Beautification only. (See Pic)
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The most crucial part of the project is no.1 River Cleaning, that is actually, to improve the water quality of 110km along the Klang and Gombak River from its current Class III – Class V water quality (not suitable for body-contact) to Class IIb (suitable for body-contact recreational usage) by year 2020.
Therefore, the water quality along the 40KM stretch bypassing Kuala Lumpur would be vastly improved (
read, not just Titiwangsa to Seputeh).
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Okie, Both 1) River Cleaning and 2) River beautification works will spur economic investments into the areas immediately surrounding the river corridor (eg. along old klang road, jalan puchong, kesas highway).
Hence, 3) River Development would come into the picture, for example, potential government land will be identified and tendered out to private developers through competitive bidding.
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This post has been edited by locoroco2: Oct 16 2013, 03:38 PM