GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government plans to hold a workshop with stakeholders to finalise the Penang Mutiara Line light rail transit (LRT) project following minor amendments to the original plan.
Chief minister Chow Kon Yeow said the workshop was expected to be held within a week or two.
“Today, the MRT Corporation (MRT Corp) briefed the state development action council regarding the LRT project.
“After the Cabinet decision (to approve the LRT project), MRT Corp has done technical work and proposed some amendments to the original plan of the SRS Consortium as well as the connection to Penang Sentral.
“In response, the state government suggested a workshop involving the relevant stakeholders be held to finalise the LRT line because there are some amendments.”
Chow said the alignment needed to be finalised so that other work, including land acquisition, designs and station locations could be finalised.
He said several working committees, involving the state government, MRT Corp and other agencies responsible for monitoring the progress of the project, would be formed to examine technical matters so that the project can follow the set schedule.
He thanked MRT Corp for its valuable input, covering aspects such as operations and maintenance, early involvement of contractors, shortest bridge crossing, integrated depot and the lowest project cost.
On March 29, transport minister Loke Siew Fook announced that the federal government was officially taking over the Penang Mutiara Line LRT project from the state government, with MRT Corp appointed as the developer and asset owner.
The procurement of the project is divided into three main components, which are civil construction works for Segment 1 (which is the alignment of Silicon Island to Komtar); works for civil construction for Segment 2 (which is the line from Komtar to Penang Sentral) and a “turnkey contract” for system and carriage (coach) works. - FMT
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