RM2mil makeover for park in Bukit Mertajam
THE Bukit D.O. Recreation Park, off Jalan Sri Bukit in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, will be given a RM2mil facelift under a landscaping project initiated by the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP).
MPSP president Maimunah Mohd Sharif said the Penang Water Supply Corporation Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) would sponsor the upgrading works, which would begin in September and be completed by March next year.
The project is under a series of corporate social responsibility (CSR) landscaping projects by the MPSP.
“Up until May, MPSP has obtained sponsorship for 12 CSR landscaping projects, which are among 37 projects that have been identified for this year.
“So far, we have completed two CSR projects, namely the Vision Park in Kepala Batas and Taman Tugu Kota Demokrasi Bagan in Mak Mandin, while the rest are in different stages of development,” she said, when Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng launched the Bukit D.O. Recreation Park CSR landscaping project at the park yesterday.
Maimunah said under the project, the Bukit D.O. Recreation Park would have 100 car parking lots, a 390m-long bicycle trek, a 360m-long jogging trek, a jungle trek, six toilet cubicles, benches, sales kiosk, proper fencing as well as more plants and outdoor exercise equipment.
She said the park’s electrical substation, water pump, gateway, drains, reflexology path, gazebo, covered lookout point, therapy park, covered aerobics base, yoga base, hilltop base and staircases would also be repaired and upgraded.
She said the other nine sponsored CSR landscaping projects were at the Bandar Perda roundabout, Taman Tunku Seberang Jaya roundabout, Bukit Minyak ‘A’ roundabout, Bukit Minyak ‘B’ roundabout, Bukit Tengah roundabout, Highway Auto-City Juru, Seberang Jaya roundabout, Jalan Tenggiri roundabout and Bandar Putra Bertam roundabout.
Lim said the little known Bukit D.O. park was named after the acronym for ‘district officer’, as the former official residence of the central Seberang Prai district officer was located on the hill, along with the district’s former public library building.
Also present was Bukit Mertajam MP Chong Eng, Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik, Padang Lalang assemblyman Tan Cheong Heng and PBAPP corporate affairs manager K. Jeyabalan.
Source: The Star
MPSP, the folk on the mainland severely lack recreation parks that cater for people who need some relaxaction. The parks spoken off cater for excercise predominately.
There is dire need for waterfront recreational spaces, and though there are many such potential places, NOTHING is done about creating them. WHat’s the good of saving money without investing it back into the people. The BORR for example…can we have a esplanade in the class of Gurney drive, or The Esplanade Penang, or even the upcoming QB mall waterfront??? How about the Prai and Juru riverfronts for residents there as well??
Hi MPSP,
Great job and keep it up. Make BM become the better place to live.
BM got a river. The recreation park along Jalan Bukit Tengah beside the BM carrefour also need to be upgraded too.