THE smelly, dirty, ugly and even unsafe image of areas along the Klang and Gombak rivers will be a thing of the past once the River of Life (ROL) project, which costs RM4.4bil, is completed in 2017.
Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib said the main focus and the first phase of the project had begun last month in the area identified as Precinct 7, which comprised areas stretching about 10.7km along the rivers near Masjid Jamek, Lebuh Pasar Besar, Central Market, Dayabumi Complex, Petaling Street, Sultan Abdul Samad building, St Mary’s Cathedral and the City Theatre (Panggung Bandaraya).
