MARKETGOERS in Perak Road can look forward to a brand-new market complex in 2022.
Penang Island City Council (MBPP) financial management committee alternate chairman Gooi Seong Kin said the committee has agreed to the leasing of a council land on Lot 969 in Perak Road for 99 years to Ideal Home Properties Dev Sdn Bhd, in return for a new market complex.
“The developer is to build a market complex, also located in Perak Road. The new market complex will be built on Lot 169, 171, 272, 273, 544, 1897, 2159, 2160 and 2707,” he said in his speech during the MBPP meeting at City Hall today.
MBPP town planning officer Zulfiqar Badri said the new three-storey market complex would be situated behind the existing Perak Road market.
“The new market complex is to be equipped with disabled-friendly facilities, parking lots, a drop-off area, a People’s Plaza (Plaza Rakyat) and elevators among others.
“We proposed that the existing Perak Road market not to be demolished during the construction of the new market complex.
“Currently, there is also a temporary hawker site (TPS) in the area.
“The site will have to be cleared towards the end of the construction period, to make way for the market’s escalator and staircase,” he said, adding that the affected TPS hawkers in the area who have registered with the MBPP, and the traders from the existing Perak Road market would be relocated to the new market after its completion.
Zulfiqar said that the developer was planning to develop a mix development project on Lot 969.
He said that the developer was also planning to build a link bridge connecting the project and the new market complex.
Story by Christopher Tan
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