Construction of the Penang LRT project will begin in the fourth quarter of this year, transport minister Anthony Loke has said, reported The Star. The Penang LRT Mutiara Line project has been taken over by the federal government, and is estimated to be complete by 2030, the transport minister said.
“We hope that within six months, the negotiations with SRS Consortium can be concluded. Following that, we expect physical works can start at least by the fourth quarter this year,” Loke said.
The contracts have been divided into three segments – Segment 1, which is the Silicon Island to Komtar contract, Segment 2, which is the Komtar to Penang Sentral contract, and a contract for turnkey systems and rolling stocks. The Penang LRT Mutiara Line spans around 29 km and will feature 20 stations, including two interchange stations in Komtar and Penang Sentral.
SRS Consortium has been offered the Segment 1 contract based on the Single Sourcing Request for Proposal mechanism, while the two other contracts will be offered on an open tender basis, according to the report.
“The offer (to SRS Consortium) was made based on the request by Penang state government which had appointed SRS as the Project Delivery Partner of the Penang Transportation Master Plan, which comprises the Penang LRT Mutiara Line, through an open tender in August 2015,” Loke said.
“SRS has also studied the technical early designs while acquiring approvals for the Environmental Impact Assessment, Social Impact Assessment and conditional Skim Kereta Api,” Loke added, saying that the Cabinet has agreed to appoint MRT Corp as the developer and asset owner of the new train line.
Rolling stock operations depot and transit-oriented development projects will be conducted by MRT Corp, together with the state government, and the new strategy aims to generate additional non-fare revenue that is to be reinvested for train maintenance in the future, the transport minister added.
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While all previous administration forcefully choke the Mutiara Island saying no money despite being the highest contribution to the country previous quarter all just in the name of RawRRR.
Please use islanders taxpayer money and not the Federal Govt fund. They had been protesting HSR saying it doesn’t benefit them so why should they pay, now I ask them back why should I pay when I don’t benefit from their LRT. Easy to protest & demand, it goes both ways. Lets see how long it will take them to finish with pitiful sums they collect since rich ones are known to underdeclare or transfer offshore.
telowong pua bila mau siap?
Kena tunggu Jana Abah balik dulu sebab anak mertua pun dah lari sama direct negotiation itu.
takkan tak balik raya kot menantu dia tu?
cara dia senyum pun dah tahu… dia bayangkan kocek dia penuh!!
Jual nombor plat tak habis2 pon masih tak cukup lagi mau korek ni? Bila pulak nak korek undersea tunnel LGE tuu?
walaweii…how come you know? tingginya maqam you ni. terus kasyaf mata nampak dalam kocek orang ya. tarekat mana berguru ni
Diamlah penjilat!