The Johor Bahru Central Business District ( Malay : Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru ) or currently known as Ibrahim International Business District , is the commercial and political centre for the city of Johor Bahru in Johor , Malaysia .
7-522: JBCBD is officially defined as the area within the Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road comprising the city centre, Jalan Wong Ah Fook , Royal Johor Museum, the palace grounds, Sultanah Aminah Hospital and Southern Integrated Gateway . The area is a centre of business activity. All of the country's major banks have a presence in the city centre. Major shopping centres, such as Johor Bahru City Square and Komtar JBCC , are located within
14-664: The Tanjung Puteri Customs Complex/Jalan Sultan Ibrahim to Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway), this 500-metre section links the Malaysia-Singapore commercial vehicles customs complex to Tebrau Highway, one of the two major arterial highways into the city. This 6 to 8 lane section comprised two ground-level traffic-light- controlled intersections with provisions for future tri-level interchange, and a two-level interchange with provision for future tri-level interchange. This phase
21-630: The area. The area is also the seat of the state branches of the federal government as well as political parties' offices. The area also plays host to the custom, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complex of the Malaysian Government on the Malaysia-Singapore Causeway, including Sultan Iskandar Building . The Johor Bahru Sentral railway station is also located in the area. Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System and Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit will be
28-496: The country. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 188 starts at Jalan Abu Bakar junctions near Dataran Bandaraya . Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road commenced construction in 1996 with the objective of diverting traffic not destined for the centre of the city to bypass it through the ring road that connects all four arterial highways and major roads leading into the area. The construction was divided into three phases: From
35-623: The future public transport model located in the CBD. Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road , (JBIRR) or Jalan Lingkaran Dalam , Federal Route 188 , is a multi-lane federal ring road controlled-access highway that circles the Johor Bahru Central District in Johor , Malaysia . The 4.6-kilometre (2.9 mi) highway was the most expensive road infrastructure project per kilometre of its time in
42-571: The time of construction in Malaysia . This phase was opened to traffic in 1999. This 3.5 kilometre section runs from Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak to Jalan Tun Dato Ismail near the City Square clock tower, or Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru . It comprises four ground level traffic-lights controlled intersections with provisions for future dual or tri-level interchanges. This phase was opened to traffic after multiple delays in 2001. At most sections,
49-416: Was opened to traffic in 1998. This 600 metre elevated section from Jalan Tebrau ( Tebrau Highway ) to Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak (named after Abdul Rahman Andak ) comprises only one interchange, 25 metres high, roughly equivalent to a four-storey building. It links Tebrau Highway to Jalan Tun Abdul Razak ( Skudai Highway ) near Plaza Best World. The tri-level interchange was the tallest traffic interchange at
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