Government in land talks for park

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is in negotiations to gazette three plots of land for a large-scale public park project in Bukit Kiara.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said development had started on four lots of land for the park, an initiative under the 10th Malaysia Plan.

“The development of the three lots has not started as the Government is still in the midst of negotiating for two lots that were leased to Measat and one lot that is partly occupied by Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club.

“We are in the final stages of negotiations. Hopefully, it will done by next year,” he said during a press conference at the Bakti building in Taman Tun Dr Ismail yesterday.

Taman Lembah Kiara in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Taman Arboretum and areas in Bukit Kiara will be made into the 188.9ha large-scale public park, equivalent to the size of about 300 football fields.

He said the park would be built in three stages and would take at least 25 years.

The estimated cost is RM250mil.