 The development of Sungai Ara into a residential township only began in the late 20th century, following the creation of the adjacent Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone in the 1970s.Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim and Jalan Tengah are the main thoroughfares within the neighbourhood.The former road was once known as Jalan Sungai Ara; the road was then renamed after a well-known Malaysian Quran reciter.