Jalan TAR closure - details by March 12

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): Details on the partial closure of the Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jalan TAR) will be made known by March 12 (Tuesday), said Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad today.

A second engagement session with the stakeholders had been held at Menara DBKL 1, from which a consensus on how the new traffic plan would be executed had been reached.

“About eight representatives from the Batu Road Retailers Association (Barra) and the Masjid India Business Association (Miba) gave their ideas and we want to thank them for it,” Khalid was quoted telling The Star today.

“Apart from an online survey by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), we also surveyed on the ground.

“There will be changes with respect to the Ramadan bazaar and night market, among others. Hopefully all the changes will be for the better,” he said.

Earlier, the announcement that Jalan TAR would be closed to vehicles except buses from the Jalan Esfahan junction to the Jalan Melayu junction starting March 15 received mixed responses. Barra and Miba had demanded they be consulted prior to implementation.

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