MAJOR ISSUES, KEY FINDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR KUALA SELANGOR DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN

Abstract

The preparation of a District Local Plan is in accordance with the Local Plan manual as stated in the Plan Malaysia 2020 Edition. This paper highlights findings, issues, proposals, and design of the Kuala Selangor District Local Plan. The main objective of this project is to prepare a draft local plan for the Kuala Selangor district to uplift the social, economic, infrastructure and environment components of the district. Some of the major findings of this project were lack of housing supply, lack of infrastructure and public facilities for growing population, severe traffic congestion at and near the major town center and greater potential for tourism development. The proposals in this paper depicts the development concept, strategies, high-impact projects, implementation plan, and cost estimation of each major projects. This paper includes 5 development thrusts, 16 strategies, and 12 high impact projects.