Metropolis plan for Kuantan town!

[nazrey]

Metropolis plan for Kuantan town
Tuesday December 19, 2006
By FARIDAH BEGUM
TheStar




Artist’s impression of Kuantan town in 2015.


KUANTAN: A high-speed train linking Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, the Kuantan Tower as a landmark along the banks of Kuantan River, two new international tourist towns namely Cherating and Pantai Sepat, and several new townships are among the proposals in the new draft plan for the capital town of Pahang.

In its bid to achieve city status, the draft plan which will be launched today will see many new developments in the town centre including the relocation of the state administration to its proposed site in Indera Mahkota town while its present site in Jalan Gambut will be turned into an arts and cultural centre named “Civic Precinct.”

Jalan Gambut will also be turned into the Corporate Street for offices, Tanjung Lumpur into the Corporate Promenade for multi-national companies and large corporations to house their offices and the Padang Lallang area will be converted into a Small Office Home Office (SOHO) enclave.

Tanjung Lumpur will also see its strength as the corporate promenade strengthened with the proposed Tanjung Lumpur Trade Centre for business conferences and tie-ups.

The MPK fields in the centre of town will be turned into squares namely Dataran Teruntum, which may follow the like of Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur with a proposed underground carpark, and Dataran Makmur near the existing Stadium Darul Makmur.

The stadium will be turned into a bazaar venue when the International Sports Centre in Indera Mahkota is ready.

Indera Mahkota, which will have the distinction of being home to the state administration, will house the Kuantan International Convention and Exhibition Centre besides a technology park.

According to the East Coast Region Town and Country Planning Department director Wan Hassan Wan Ismail, the proposed development would see a conurbation between Chendor and Pekan, which means several townships linked together and this would form a metropolis.

“Such a development will see Kuantan becoming a gateway to the East Coast and bring development to a new level, offering a better lifestyle for the people in this region,” he said in an interview.

He said Kuantan would also create the mini Multimedia Corridor with the development of Putra Square in the town centre.

The draft plan will be on display for one month until Jan 19 next year for the public to view and make their comments and objections to authorities.

Besides the three permanent sites for the draft display at the Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK) office in Tanah Putih, the state Town and Country Planning Department in Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak in Bandar Indera Mahkota and the Kuantan District and Land Office in Jalan Masjid, the draft plan will also be exhibited in eight other places for the convenience of the public.

The mobile display sites which will be held for town days in each place will begin at the Berjaya Megamall lobby (Dec 23 and 24); Jaya Gading Community Hall (Dec 26 and 27); Sungai Lembing Community Hall (Dec 28 and 29); Beserah Community Hall (Jan 3 and 4); Cherating Community Hall (Jan 8 and 9); Bukit Goh Community Hall (Jan 11 and 12); Peramu Community Hall (Jan 15 and 16); and Gambang Community Hall (Jan 17 and 18).

A new township, to be known as Bandar Indera Mahkota II, will also be created, which would also be the central point of Kuantan where an integrated transport hub will be developed.

“This is where the Kuantan Sentral will be located, integrating the various modes of transportation, including the new high-speed train plying the Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan route.

“Also in the long-term planning will be the fast train between Johor Baru and Kota Baru which will run through Kuantan,” he said.

Wan Hassan said extensive studies and discussions had been held between MPK, the department and its consultant town planners, ANZ Planners Sdn Bhd, to ensure the developments proposed under the 2004-2015 draft plan would create a metropolis, which in turn would enhance the quality of life and increase the economic development of the region and the states within it.

The draft plan, emphasises the growth and development of the Kuantan town centre under the auspices of the National Physical Plan, brown sites or vacant land within the town centre should be developed first before the suburbs of a town.

Among the proposals for the brown sites are centralised parking areas in Jalan Tun Ismail, Civic Precinct where the current state administration resides and beneath the MPK field in front of Kompleks Teruntum.

The draft plan also touches on the transformation of Jalan Bukit Ubi into a protocol road and as the new entrance road into the town centre.

The plan, said Wan Hassan also highlights the preservation of heritage buildings and the environment, especially the mangrove swamps and also the creation of Sungai Lembing as a heritage town which will house a safari as a tourist attraction.

The list is exhaustive at best but the end results will depend on the people and the authorities within the capital town and their will to ensure Kuantan develops in the right direction and provides economic and career opportunities for its residents.

[Skyprince]

Waaah..bagusnya ! Beta amat suka Kuantan ... akhirnya ia akan berubah wajah tak lama lagi !

[baqthier]

Geramnya when this metropolis term is being overused! But anyway great for kuantan! Hope to see more details soon.

[skyscraperboy]

Waaa!!! Ehhh!!! i saw a menara over there, what its height aaa?????

[D_Y2k.2^]

Not bad yeah,probably a 200-300m high menara i suppose

[OshHisham]

Train from KL to Singapore was horrible.....hope KL-Kuantan will never be like that

[patchay]

Bullet train from KL to Singapore !!! Bullet train from KL to Bangkok !!! Bullet train from KL to Kuantan !!!

All these are dreamzzz.

[brain_failure]

the picture look a little bit like Melaka Raya, with tall buildings with sea view, full of shop offices and a commercial centre. When the revolving tower in Melaka completed, lagi sama with the picture.

[pedang]

i ingat rancangan nie part of koridor pantai timur kan??

[travellator]

Plan To Introduce Kuantan-KL High-Speed Train By 2015

December 19, 2006 22:51 PM
KUANTAN, Dec 19 (Bernama) -- Travel by train from Kuala Lumpur to this Pahang capital will be faster than by road by 2015 if a high-speed train service between the two destinations becomes a reality.

This is part of a proposal in the National Physical Plan to turn Kuantan into the eastern region's main conurbation centre, said Director-General of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia, Datuk Mohd Fadzil Mohd Khir.

He said the proposal would be implemented under four-core development projects of the Kuantan District Locality Plan 2004-2015.

"Travel time for cargo and passenger trains will be shortened when the service is commissioned," he said at the publicity campaign of the draft of the Kuantan District Locality Plan launched by Johor Local Government and Environment Committee Chairman Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, here Tuesday.

The text of Mohd Fadzil's speech was read out by the Deputy Director-General I Kamalruddin Shamsudin.

Mohd Fadzil said the plan also spelt out sustainable conservation of sensitive environmental areas including forest reserves, coastal areas, swampy land, natural lakes and hilly areas in the town.

He said the plan proposed to gazette the turtle landing area in Cendur as a national turtle sanctuary and to develop the former Sungai Lembing mine as a tourist attraction.

The public is invited to comment on the draft prepared by the Kuantan Municipal Council. It will be displayed for one month.

-- BERNAMA

[Pablo]

What is the meaning of high speed train? means bullet train?

[pedang]

Kabinet lulus projek kereta api laju Kuala Lumpur - Kuantan

Oleh ARSHAD KHAN

KUANTAN 19 Dis. – Kabinet meluluskan projek kereta api laju menghubungkan Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan bagi meningkatkan pelaburan dan industri pelancongan di Pantai Timur Semenanjung.

Perkhidmatan kereta api sepanjang 246 kilometer itu akan mengambil masa antara sejam hingga sejam setengah.

Kereta api itu boleh mencapai kelajuan 120 kilometer hingga 150 kilometer sejam.

Ia akan bermula di KL Sentral sebelum berakhir di sebuah pusat perhentian kereta api baru yang dikenali sebagai Kuantan Sentral, di sini.

Kereta api berkelajuan tinggi berkenaan hanya akan berhenti di satu tempat transit iaitu di Mentakab.

Menurut Timbalan Ketua Pengarah 1, Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa Semenanjung Malaysia, Kamalruddin Shamsuddin, projek jajaran kereta api itu adalah sebahagian daripada Rancangan Fizikal Negara yang diluluskan Kabinet pada mesyuaratnya Ogos lalu.

Selepas Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan dan Lebuh Raya Pantai Timur (LPT), penduduk di kawasan Pantai Barat dan Pantai Timur akan mempunyai satu lagi kemudahan pengangkutan selesa apabila projek kereta api berkelajuan tinggi antara Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan itu menjadi kenyataan.

‘‘Selain menyediakan kemudahan pengangkutan yang cekap, jajaran itu apabila siap juga akan meningkatkan potensi pelaburan dan industri pelancongan negara,’’ katanya.

Menurutnya, kereta api berkelajuan tinggi itu kelak bukan sahaja akan digunakan untuk mengangkut penumpang, tetapi turut mengangkut pelbagai jenis barangan.

“Menurut Rancangan Fizikal Negara, satu jajaran kereta api berkelajuan tinggi dari Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan telah dicadangkan.

“Dengan adanya perkhidmatan kereta api penumpang dan kargo ini, tahap kemudahsampaian dan tempoh perjalanan penduduk, pelancong dan pelabur akan dapat dipendekkan,” katanya di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian semasa perasmian Publisiti dan Pameran Draf Rancangan Tempatan Daerah Kuantan 2003- 2015 yang dihadiri Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerajaan Tempatan dan Alam Sekitar, Datuk Hoh Khai Mun negeri dan Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran Kuantan (MPK), Datuk Muhammad Safian Ismail.

Kamalruddin bagaimanapun tidak menyatakan secara lanjut bila projek berkenaan akan mula dibina dan kos yang terlibat.

Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran Kuantan, Datuk Muhammad Safian Ismail pula berkata, pembinaan projek itu dijangka dimulakan pada 2012 dan ia dijadual siap dan beroperasi sepenuhnya menjelang 2015.

Beliau berkata, projek berkenaan akan dibiayai sepenuhnya oleh Kerajaaan Persekutuan.

Sementara itu, mengenai draf rancangan daerah Kuantan, Kamalruddin berkata, ia akan dilakukan secara bersepadu berdasarkan empat teras utama.

“Keempat-empat teras itu ialah pembangunan perbandaran yang dinamik dan menarik; pengukuhan ekonomi bandar; peningkatan kualiti hidup penduduk dan pewujudan sistem pergerakan yang bersepadu," katanya.

Penyediaan rancangan tempatan itu, kata beliau, mengambil kira tiga aspek utama iaitu selain jajaran kereta api berkelajuan tinggi, ia juga bertujuan menjadikan Kuantan sebagai pusat utama bagi Wilayah Pantai Timur dan pemuliharaan kawasan sensitif alam sekitar.

Kata beliau, pembangunan itu akan turut meliputi bandar Chukai di Terengganu di bahagian utara dan bandar Pekan di bahagian selatan.

"Rancangan tempatan daerah Kuantan akan merealisasikan Kuantan menjadi sebuah pusat metropolis yang sejahtera dan teras pembangunan Wilayah Timur serta memastikan kemapanan pembangunan dan pemuliharaan alam sekitar bagi generasi akan datang," katanya.

[pedang]

Empat bandar baru jana pembangunan ekonomi


BANDAR Indera Mahkota akan dibangunkan sebagai satu metropolis merangkumi pembangunan beberapa pusat penempatan berdekatan seperti Jaya Gading, Gambang, Beserah, Balok dan Tanjung Lumpur dalam Rancangan Pembangunan Perbandaran Kuantan.

Bagi perancangan jangka panjang, Kuantan akan dibangunkan sebagai satu konurbasi meliputi pembangunan sehingga ke Kemaman di utara dan Pekan di selatan.

Untuk mencapai strategi pembangunan spatial itu, empat bandar baru dicadangkan, iaitu Bandar Baru Indera Mahkota II, Bandar Baru Gambang dan dua bandar Baru Pelancongan, iaitu Cherating dan Tanjung Sepat.

Semua tanah kosong dalam kawasan bandar akan dimajukan semula melalui ‘infill development’ bagi memantap dan memperkemas lagi struktur perbandaran Kuantan.

Sehubungan itu, imej dan reka bentuk kawasan pusat bandar Kuantan akan dijadikan lebih menarik dengan pembangunan semula tebing Sungai Kuantan sebagai ‘riverside promenade’ yang serba lengkap dengan kemudahan ‘esplanade’ dan Menara Kuantan berfungsi sebagai mercu tanda utama bandar Kuantan.

Perancang Bandar Unit Rancangan Pembangunan Kuantan, Jabatan Perancang Bandar dan Desa Malaysia, Manmohan Singh, berkata seni bina dan fasad beberapa jalan utama di pusat bandar juga akan diubahsuai untuk melambangkan imej pembangunan korporat dan pusat beli-belah berbentuk bazar.

“Identiti Jalan Bukit Ubi akan dipertingkatkan sebagai laluan protokol dan laluan utama ke bandar Kuantan pada masa depan dengan hiasan jalan yang moden dan menarik serta landskap berkonsep ‘boulevard’.

“Kawasan Padang Lalang akan dibangunkan semula kepada pembangunan perniagaan berkonsepkan ‘small office home office’, manakala kawasan tebing Sungai Kuantan di Tanjung Lumpur akan dibangunkan untuk perniagaan secara ‘corporate promenade’ di mana akan diwujudkan Kuantan Trade Center,” katanya.

Bagi meningkatkan ekonomi desa, beberapa kawasan perusahaan kecil dan sederhana dicadangkan seperti di Bukit Goh, Cherating, Beserah, Cheruk Paloh, Paya Bungor dan sebagainya.

Dari segi sumbangan kepada sektor pelancongan, kualiti persekitaran semua kawasan pelancongan sedia ada akan dipertingkatkan dan aktiviti pelancongan bandar atau ‘Urban Tourism’ akan dipromosikan secara lebih agresif.

Selaras dengan hasrat mewujudkan masyarakat madani dan bandar sejahtera, satu Dataran Sivik turut dicadangkan dalam pusat bandar Kuantan di Jalan Gambut di mana warga Kuantan dapat menikmati kegiatan seni dan kebudayaan.

Komponennya merangkumi sebuah Muzium, Amphiteater, Galeri Kesenian dan Pusat Kebudayaan.

Warga Kuantan juga akan dapat beriadah di Taman Awam peringkat wilayah baru, di Tanjung Putus yang menyediakan pelbagai kemudahan rekreasi bertaraf tinggi dan moden.

Beberapa kemudahan baru yang dicadangkan dalam pembangunan termasuklah perpustakaan negeri di bandar Kuantan dan Pusat Sukan Antarabangsa di Bandar Baru Indera Mahkota II.

Manmohan berkata, semua kawasan yang dikenal pasti sebagai sensitif yang sedia ada akan dikekalkan secara mampan bagi memastikan ia dapat dinikmati generasi akan datang, termasuk kawasan hutan simpan, kawasan persisiran pantai, kawasan santuari penyu, kawasan berbukit dan kawasan tadahan air.

[Skyprince]

Fuiyo.... akhirnya Pak Lah telah mengotakan janji-janjinye untuk memajukan kawasan luar bandar... cayala... nanti boleh bawak kawan-kawan beta dari luar negeri naik keretapi laju ke Kuantan..

Pahang memang dari dulu lagi mundur... dan terabai...tapi tahun 2015 nanti ia akan jadi negeri yang paling best ! huhuhu...

[bart_shinoda]

Originally Posted by patchay

Bullet train from KL to Singapore !!! Bullet train from KL to Bangkok !!! Bullet train from KL to Kuantan !!!

All these are dreamzzz.

bullet train from KL to Singapore??? hahahaha, what a joke... dun make me laught.....

[baqthier]

^ erm...it's in talks between YTL and the Singapore gov't.

[pedang]

Kuantan Sentral coming up
21 Dec 2006
M. Hamzah Jamaludin

KUANTAN: A state-of-the-art railway station similar to KL Sentral will be built on a 24-hectare site in Bukti Goh here.

The integrated railway station will be built in tandem with the proposed express rail link from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan.

Construction will begin in about seven years and should be finished by 2015.

It will be the main connecting point between the west coast railway network and the proposed east coast express rail system.

The present connection does not go through Kuantan. It runs from Kuala Lumpur to Gemas, Mentakab, Pasir Mas and Tumpat.

The Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan express rail link and Kuantan Sentral are among the national projects included in the Kuantan Local Plan 2004-2015.

The draft is on display now.

Kuantan Municipal Council president Datuk Mohammad Safian Ismail said the Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan rail link will be about 245km long.

The trains will run at up to 190kph and make the journey in 60 to 90 minutes.

"We have identified the alignment for the proposed track.

"Most of the areas involved are private land," he said.

If there are no objections, he said the council will submit the draft to the Town and Country Planning Department in March so it can be gazetted, after which, the authorities are expected to begin acquiring the land.

A year ago ,Town and Country Planning Department director-general Datuk Mohd Fadzil Mohd Khir told all east coast local authorities to identify the route for the proposed express rail service that will link Johor Baru to Kuala Terengganu and Kota Baru.

The east coast express railway system will be part of the Fast Inter-city Railway System (First) that will link all major cities in the country.

Apart from Kuantan, the east and west coast railways will have a connection between Kota Baru and Alor Star. The railway network will become the backbone of the National Integrated Transportation System.

It is part of the proposed Trans-Asian Railway network.

"First"was approved during the National Physical Planning Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last year.

[OshHisham]

Originally Posted by Skyprince

Fuiyo.... akhirnya Pak Lah telah mengotakan janji-janjinye untuk memajukan kawasan luar bandar... cayala... nanti boleh bawak kawan-kawan beta dari luar negeri naik keretapi laju ke Kuantan..

Pahang memang dari dulu lagi mundur... dan terabai...tapi tahun 2015 nanti ia akan jadi negeri yang paling best ! huhuhu...

tahun 2015 nanti semuanya pun maju...tak payah nak tunggu Kuantan. Vietnam, Cambodia pun mungkin akan jadik lagi baik...

[OshHisham]

120km/h to 150km/h cannot be called 'bullet train' lah!!!bullet train/shinkansen at least 250km/h

[Subangite]

Originally Posted by baqthier

^ erm...it's in talks between YTL and the Singapore gov't.

Exactly, they're just talks right now. There were talks about building a bridge to Sumatra if I remember correctly, there were talks Disneyland would come to Johor.. Talks are just that, mere talk, they don't necessarily mean something concrete would come out of them. Lets just wait shall we? This might be just what has been so common these days, more trumpeting, showboating, pride mongering TALK.