Retailers along Jalan TAR upset

Unfair move: Disgruntled Barra members standing on a pedestrian walkway in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman to protest against the closing of the road to traffic.

KUALA LUMPUR: Businesses along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman will shut on March 15 should the authorities go ahead and close the road to all vehicles except buses on that day.

Some 200 members of the Batu Road Retailers Association (Barra) said they were disappointed with Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad for not engaging with stakeholders before coming to a decision to turn one of the city’s busiest shopping street into a pedestrian walkway.