It’s official. The government has cancelled the contract for the second phase of the Klang Valley Double Track (KVDT) rail upgrade project, with transport minister Anthony Loke citing the RM5.2 billion cost to be excessively high.
According to The Star, Loke said the cancellation was also due to the manner in which the project was awarded – through direct negotiation. The project was initially awarded to Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd by the previous govenment on April 4, just days before Parliament was dissolved, Loke said.
“A new tender will be called at the end of the year. It will be an open process and we aim to award the contract by the first half of next year,” he said, adding that the Cabinet decided on the cancellation at its weekly meeting yesterday (September 19).
So far, no payment had been made to the contractor yet, although about three percent of works had been carried out, Loke explained. “They are in the process of claiming the payment for the work done and possibly for compensation.”
To recap, the project involves 110 km of railway tracks that stretch from Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Salak South to Seremban and Simpang Port Klang to Port Klang. The whole project was to be implemented in phases over seven years and includes infrastructural and system upgrades to ensure safe and reliable train services.
From a technical viewpoint, KTMB said the second phase needs to be implemented because the (current) track is unsustainable. Financially however, the government, while acknowledging the need to upgrade the track, has no means to support it, although it is seeking a better deal.
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Title says due end-2019, but YB said “A new tender will be called at the end of the year. It will be an open process and we aim to award the contract by the first half of next year,”
They changed the title already
Very sad that the previous Government hiked up all bills so that many could make so much of profit at the expense of the rakyat.
Just like LRT3, now can be RM16 billion less than before.
So shameful when a Government steals from the rakyat.
ha ha ha ha dedak days are over. ECRL also so many contractors say can do for more than half the cost.
The truth is out now!!! lolz
This news post is regarding KV double tracking. Nothing to do with ECRL which is an unrelated development whatsoever. Please stay on topic and stop b*llsh!ting.
biggest joke ever in Malaysia. Every projeck ends up many times the original cost.
Finally a clean Government now who cn save the people money from lazy people stealing it
Betoi. what’s wrong w Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd?
This is the problem with lazy people who always want bantuan. They try to cheat and inflate the price just to make easy money
Mat Sabu will be upset because this company is partially owned by LTAT
Later higher priced, lower capabilities grandmother stories.
You are right. Lie after lie. I am delighted we have a clean and good government now
Too bad the clean government have been replaced with a inept and rapidly corrupted government. Only those who benefits from this are delighted.
Looks at the many many oversized MRT stations along Cheras Highway to Kajang… It’s empty… Who is paying for the upkeep ..the silly Malaysians taxpayers and their children
The cheras highway to kajang MRT oversized capacity???
Infrastructure isn’t planned for today but for next 10-20 years, you noob. Malaysia will never advance with this kind of thinking.
Hey M, why dont you buy an oversized house with say 50 rooms in it…. stay alone in it indefinitely, while waiting for your 50 great grandchildren to be born – if there are ever born. But in the meantime just dont forget to pay for all the airconditioning, bills and feeding your 20 maids ya .. otherwise you could maybe invest in 50 smaller houses and rent them out making income .. but maybe you ego is too big and sense too small
You know what, if I had the capability to buy such a house in centre KL 50 years ago to cater for my subsequent generations of family, I would. I really would and you would wish you had too.
Because then you would know that such far off planning will eventually benefits everyone due to the convenience of it being centrally located, accessible from anywhere, cheap (because I already paid for it), and its value multiplies as years go by. If I had to get such a house now when my family had grew large enough to fully utilise it, I would have to pay easily 500x more. Now isn’t that foolhardy instead of thinking and planning far ahead like what I would have done?
Interesting. I would really love to hear from you which high income city that has no need for efficient public transportation. m above was correct, with such thinking we will never advance.
Malaysia is high income city ? Get your facts right . The B40 represents 80% of Malaysian house hold income which median is rm 3000. That is less than usd1k . Are you on medication ? otherwise take up reading and talk less
Since when did I said that? Don’t put words when its not mine. Dummkopf! However aren’t Malaysia aiming to be a high income nation? So how can we reach that goal without an efficient public transport system? Maybe instead of talkok, you can share which high income city has no need of good public transportation.
All projects the past 61 years is to line their pockets and nothing for the rakyat.
Typical mentality, cannot afford but still want to buy and own the luxury items.
Another typical handout mentality here. Stop whining here and work harder.
Obviously this is someone who have never used public transportation ever. Such a privileged life to be be able to waste his hours in daily traffic jams. Oh wait, he never needed to cause he is just a keyboard warrior at home…
Agree bro!!
too many lazy people in the country. All they want is handouts and bantuan. This must stop
Then stop wasting your time posting lies and nonsense here using multiple fake names. Get a real job.
Sounds like somebody who never took MRT on peak periods.
The MRT is full about 5 stations from kajang in the morning. I dont know what you are smoking… can i have some.
Forget about KVDT for good – and why not make spur lines to destinations such as Puncak Alam, Denai Alam, Batu Arang, Kundang and Bandar Tasik Puteri – where a rail junction can be started off from either Sungai Buloh through Kwasa area and the next station, make another junction linking toward Subang Skypark – ? And meanwhile, from Kwasa area, just build the KTM rail tracks to follow Federal Route 15 and have stations along areas such as Kg Subang or Kg Melayu Subang or even Subang Permai before diverting right alongside B49 State Road (which also roughly follows DASH Highway) and have stations at Sunway SPK/Puncak Alam/Coalfields and then to Kundang and ending at Kuang or any other station North of Kuang – ?? (Mind me letting u all know that this area is gonna be filled with people needing some form of transit, SOONER that the lay man would expect)
Kalau dah retender harga masih lebih kurang sama cuma tukar kroni je, kita riot
direct nego huh?…thank god they lost!
Closed tender with ‘selected contractors’ under present Government. So what’s the difference then? Other than the fact that those ‘selected’ are already well known cronies.
But…but… ahloke said.. open process whorr..
Agree bro!!