Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp), Kuala Lumpur, is planning the initial tendering process for the MRT Line 2 by year-end.
Chief executive officer Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar said it was prepared to carry out the MRT Line 2 three-month public display latest by the second quarter of this year, reports thestar.com.my.
“The conditional approval from the Land Public Transport Commission for Line 2 gives us room to consider the current development to tweak the alignment. Instead of going into Pandan, we are now looking to go through Bandar Malaysia, considering that the development of the high-speed rail (HSR) project connecting Kuala Lumpur and Singapore will be there too,” Mokhtar said.
The final alignment for the MRT Line 2 is targeted for approval in August.
The MRT Line 2 remains a priority development that has been spared a spending cut alongside the LRT 3 project, the HSR project and other infrastructure projects.
The RM23 billion (USD 6.3 billion) MRT Line 2 will span from Sungai Buloh to Serdang to Putrajaya with about 40 stations, depending on the final structure of the alignment, and is expected to be completed within five years.
Meanwhile, the MRT Line 3 is an orbital train system running around the Kuala Lumpur city centre, supposedly to seamlessly connect all urban rail systems in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area.
photo: http://mymrt.com.my
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