The much-anticipated River of Life project, which aims to revitalise and transform Kuala Lumpur’s dirty rivers, has taken off.
“I believe there will be a drastic change to Kuala Lumpur’s image,” said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“This is what Kuala Lumpur folks have been waiting for.
“The Klang river has all the elements to become an attractive waterfront bustling with daily activities,” he said at the launch of the project to transform the Klang and Gombak rivers into iconic waterfronts on par with big cities such as Amsterdam, London, Melbourne and Paris by 2020 on Friday.
The Greater KL-Klang Valley project is an Entry Point Project under the Government’s Economic Transformation Programme.
Najib said the project would contribute RM11.3bil to the country’s Gross Domestic Product until 2020.
The RM4bil project is divided into three parts, namely river cleaning which would involve a 110km stretch along the Klang river basin; river beautification along a 10.7km stretch by the Klang and Gombak river corridor which will include pedestrian walkways; and corridor development.
