BY SARBAN SINGH

The Seremban Municipal Council Hall, which was built about three decades ago, will be upgraded and refurbished.

THE Negri Sembilan government has decided against redeveloping large tracts of land in Seremban, which had initially included building high-rise structures, as this could lead to severe traffic congestion in future.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the decision was made after taking into account public interest and the need to keep the number of vehicles entering the town centre in check.

His administration, he said, also decided to relocate the operations of Seremban Municipal Council (MPS) from the busy Jalan Yam Tuan to a bigger area, to reduce traffic congestion in the town centre.

“We want to reduce traffic congestion and make the town centre more people-friendly.

“Since the current MPS building is already congested with many people seeking its services, we decided to relocate its operations to another building, which has 800 parking bays.

“This way, all its units, which are currently located all over town, will be housed in the same place,” he said, adding that the counter service at the MPS would also be greatly improved with the relocation.

Although Mohamad did not mention the location for the new MPS operations, it is learnt that the council will soon operate from a building along Jalan Seremban-Tampin.

The premises previously housed Carrefour hypermarket.

This building along Jalan SerembanTampin is slated to be the new home of Seremban Municipal Council. It has 800 parking bays.

During the launch of Seremban’s 10-year redevelopment Draft Plan in 2015, Mohamad’s administration proposed to redevelop the town centre in a move to modernise Seremban.

To make way for the proposed project, several buildings, including Wisma Persekutuan, the state Education Complex, the MPS building and hall as well as the old Shariah Court, needed to be torn down or upgraded.

Mohamad said the MPS Hall would be upgraded as the proposed development was no longer taking place.

“The relocation to a new building will also be good as we will need a much larger space once we combine the Seremban and Nilai municipal councils,” he said, adding that this was important to do before Seremban is declared a city.

Asked on plans for the existing MPS building, Mohamad said it might be turned into a gallery.

“Similarly, we will turn the old Shariah Court premises into an Islamic reference and exhibition centre as well as house some units of the state Islamic bodies,” he added.

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