30/04/2010 
The state government will spend more than RM303mil to relocate 2,000 squatter families to special apartments at the Tebrau Plentong valley here. The state decided to relocate them after their villages were found to be obstructing the construction of the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway, which is expected to be completed by the end of next year. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the relocation programme, one of the most ambitious in the state, was aimed at improving the socio-economic standard of residents in the Sungai Tebrau area. “The state government will be building 10 apartment blocks known as Kampung Melayu Tradisi Iskandar Malaysia equipped with a host of public amenities near the site of the original villages,” he said.
The state government will spend more than RM303mil to relocate 2,000 squatter families to special apartments at the Tebrau Plentong valley here. The state decided to relocate them after their villages were found to be obstructing the construction of the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway, which is expected to be completed by the end of next year. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the relocation programme, one of the most ambitious in the state, was aimed at improving the socio-economic standard of residents in the Sungai Tebrau area. “The state government will be building 10 apartment blocks known as Kampung Melayu Tradisi Iskandar Malaysia equipped with a host of public amenities near the site of the original villages,” he said.
