Viewing period of draft local plan extended - The Star

THE Ipoh City Council has extended the viewing period of the Ipoh Draft Local Plan 2020 to Sept 22.

Datuk Bandar Datuk Roshidi Hashim said the original closing date for the display of the plan was Aug 23.

“But due to overwhelming response from the people, non-governmental organisations, associations and individuals who want their say on how the city should be developed, we decided to extend the viewing period to Sept 22,” he said after chairing the council’s full board meeting in Ipoh yesterday.

The plan can be viewed at the Perak Town and Country Planning Department on Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab and the Ipoh City Council building from 9am to 4pm daily.

A plan to implement a light rail transit (LRT) service is among the proposals in the Ipoh Draft Local Plan 2020.

The proposed service is aimed at connecting the city centre with Meru Raya, Menglembu, Station 18 in Pengkalan, Simpang Pulai and Tanjung Rambutan.

The setting up of a new 224ha solid waste disposal centre in Papan is another proposal contained in the draft plan.

Roshidi said the council had also received applications from some organisations for briefings on the plan.

“The council’s Town Planning director and secretary will handle the briefings,” he said.

He assured that all views related to the plan would be taken into account by the council.

Earlier when chairing the board meeting, Roshidi said the council recorded an increase in its collection of revenue in the first seven months of the year compared to the corresponding period last year.

“Until July this year, the council collected RM134.5mil compared to RM130.8mil during the same period last year,” he said.

Roshidi also tabled the council’s budget for 2011 and 2012 at the meeting.

The council budgeted RM175,966,000 for 2001 and RM178,600,000 for 2002.

Roshidi said the budgets for the two years would both be balanced as the projected expenditures were the same as the estimated revenues.