Transport minister Anthony Loke has said the tender for the Johor Bahru light rail transit (LRT) project has not been opened yet, reports Malay Mail.
This comes after The Edge recently published a report that named EPE Power Corp as among the potential bidders for the proposed project. The private holding company with businesses in distributing switchgears and transformers is said to be collaborating with Lion Pacific, a civil engineering company with expertise in railway works, to bid for the project.
The daily also reported a consortium comprising LBS Bina Group, Ancom, Theta Edge, Sinar Bina Infra and BTS Group Holdings PCL to be another party bidding for the JB LRT project. The consortium previously proposed developing an 11.3-km LRT line between Bukit Chagar station – interchange with the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) – and Taman Tasek on the western side of the city.
The Johor state government previously said it was finalising the details of a comprehensive local transportation network in with the transport ministry to complement the RTS, which is scheduled to begin operations in early 2027.
The Straits Times reported last November that the state has identified three possible LRT lines that stretch for 30 km in and around Johor Bahru. At the time, Johor state works, transportation and infrastructure committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the proposed lines are the Tebrau line, Skudai line and Iskandar Puteri line, which will stretch until the Senai International Airport in Kulai,
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