Five Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) stations, which had previously been cancelled, is now expected to become operational in 2027, Bernama has reported.
The construction of the new, reinstated LRT3 stations cannot be completed by next year, transport minister Anthony Loke was reported as saying. “The stations have not been built, so it cannot be completed within a year. These are optional station to be reintroduced, with implementation expected to take two or three years,” Loke said.
At the tabling of Budget 2024 last October, the LRT3 line was announced to be gaining back five of its previously cancelled stations, which are Tropicana (previously Lien Hoe), Temasya, Raja Muda (Sirim), Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik. The sixth location, which is a planned 2 km tunnel including an underground station at Persiaran Hishamuddin in Shah Alam, remains cancelled.
The LRT3 project that spans Bandar Utama and Johan Setia in Klang, Selangor is expected to benefit two million residents, and is estimated to cost around RM16 billion, according to the report.
As of December 25, 2023, the LRT3 project is at 91.68% completion, and the LRT Shah Alam line is aimed for a start of operations on March 1, 2025, Loke said.
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U-Turn pulak, how about the contractors? are the contractors the same?
If not then is this just an exercise to change contractors?
Tenkiu PMX for uncancelling the stupid Anthony decision to cancel these stations. Now please fire this most stupid & useless Transport Minister we ever had in 66 years since Independence.
We agree 100%
Malaysia has got to stop doing this uturn thingy. Whatver good policy from any previous government should be continued and bad policies, axed. Don’t U-turn U-turn for political mileage. Every time a project is shelved and revived, prices will definitely need to revised to account for inflation. Not to mention delayed completion time and also the negative impact on cost and investor confidence. In the end, we lose.
i agree 200%
Betui, macam kes kluster mahkamah Penang undersea tunnel. On masa BN, off masa PH, on balik masa PN/BN, off lagi masa PH skarang. Tapi taikor tuu masih free.
Should’ve think through and proceed in the first place.
Just to put on a show “hey we’ve reduced Gomen spending”, is just wasteful, logistically, time, labour, etc. all need to do again, separately.
It shouldn’t be canceled in the first place.
I hated Najib’s 1MDB fiasco but I loved Najib’s foresighted infrastructure development. MRT, LRT, RTS, ECRL, HSR. and tax reform GST. Without 1MDB, he would have been our best PM ever. Madani did not come even close. PH was cancelling without merit and Madani was resuming back what Najib envisioned .