GEORGE TOWN, Sept 5 – YB Teh Lai Heng announced on Friday about the upgrading pedestrian area with bike path at Campbell Street and Buckingham Street. Also present by MBPP Councillor Dr. Tan Kim Hooi and Engineering Department Council Noor Munirah.
The walkways in Lebuh Campbell was completed in July 1999 by the Council at a cost of RM 2.3 million. It is part of efforts to turn the Council Lebuh Campbell as the mall concept of ‘walking street’. Various facilities for pedestrians were introduced as the benches along the walkway, trees, telephone booths and so on.
“Nowadays, the use of bicycles for daily activities and exercise are becoming increasingly popular. In fact, cycling around the area’s heritage is a major attraction for tourists from home and abroad. For these reasons, the Council will straighten Lebuh Campbell until Lebuh Buckingham is to provide bike lanes along these lines with a total project cost of RM 240,196.00,” said YB Teh Lai Heng.
“It is expected that this project will begin in late September 2015 and will be completed by the end of December 2015 with daily begin their work from 10:00pm until 5:00am. The work will be done gradually starting from Buckingham Street to Campbell Street. The Buckingham Street to Campbell Street are around 700m,” he said.
“The streamlining of Campbell Street And Buckingham Street, upgraded amenities are the road will be wider and straighter for easier vehicle through Campbell Street and Buckingham Street. In the same time, it will also be increasing in the parking spaces from 53 lots upgrade to 80 lots,” he said.
“Meanwhile, the provision of parking spaces for motorcycles in high-need areas such as in front of the market, in front of the Mara and so on. In the meantime, there were also having 3 car spaces for people with disabilities (PWDs) will be created. There were also having two loading and unloading bays to be set up,” he added.
“I was supporting the upgrading for the Campbell Street and Buckingham Street. In the same time, it was also a good ideal for having a loading bay to load the big item due to the rest area was not suit for Malaysia weather,” said owner of Medical Hall, Lee Xi Wen, 30.
