RM43bil to give Kampung Baru a facelift

Things to come: Muhyiddin looking at an image of the Kampung Baru Detailed Development Master Plan 2020. Looking on are PKB chairman Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz (left) and Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. — AZLINA ABDULLAH / The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Kampung Baru is set to undergo a massive transformation over the next 20 years in an ambitious undertaking costing some RM43bil, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

In years to come, residents of the 113-year-old village at the fringe of KLCC will get new public housing, recreational facilities, a heritage and arts centre, an MRT station and a scenic waterfront courtesy of drainage engineering that will also mitigate occasional overflows from Sungai Bunus.