PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke today said that the Cabinet meeting last Friday has agreed to approve the development proposal for the Penang Mutiara LRT...
PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke today said that the Cabinet meeting last Friday has agreed to approve the development proposal for the Penang Mutiara LRT Line project.“The overall implementation of the project is expected to take approximately six years and is targeted to be operational by the year 2030,” he said during a press conference here today.Advertisement
“This offer is based on the request of the Penang state government, which appointed SRS as the Project Delivery Partner for the Penang Transport Master Plan , including the Mutiara LRT Line, through an open tender in August 2015,” he said.He said SRS has also conducted preliminary technical studies and designs, in addition to obtaining approval for Environmental Impact Assessment , Social Impact Assessment , and Conditional Rail Scheme.
Loke also said the construction of the rolling stock operations depot will be planned and developed in conjunction with the Transit-Oriented Development integrated development project at the Pesta Site, Sungai Nibong, through a collaboration between MRT Corp and the Penang state government.
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