South Integrated Transport Terminal ready by July

KUALA LUMPUR: The South Integrated Transport Terminal (SITT) in Bandar Tasik Selatan here is expected to be ready ahead of scheduled by July, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said.
  
The RM570 million project undertaken by Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd is expected to replace Puduraya as Kuala Lumpur's main terminal for southbound buses.

It is located next to the KLIA Express Rail Link, LRT and KTM Komuter stations and will comprise a six-storey main terminal building, 100 bus waiting areas, 21 bus departure bays, 18 bus arrival bays, 31 bays for long-haul taxis and 1,372 car parking bays. The terminal building area covers 95,000 sq metres.

"If everything goes smoothly, we expect it to be accomplished earlier than the scheduled date, which is November this year," Ong said after visiting the 20-hectare SITT site on Monday April 26.

SITT is an initiative under the National Key Result Area - Urban Public Transport (NKRA UPT) to improve the public transport system in the Klang Valley. Ong said SITT, with a capacity of 40,000 users daily, would ease traffic congestion in the city centre."SITT would ensure smooth traffic flow and encourage more people to use
public transport," he said.

It will offer commuters better comfort than any airport in the country, said Ong, adding that the terminal offers 30 sq ft of space per person compared with only 20 sq ft in the airports.
 
"We have also taken into account the comfort of physically challenged people as well as looked into user-friendly facilities. This new terminal works as a south-bound facility for bus services. Puduraya will carry on with its own
function as per normal," he said.

The Bandar Tasik Selatan terminal is accessible via the Sungai Besi Highway (BESRAYA), the southern section of the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Highway and the eastern section of the Middle Ring Road II (MRR II). - Bernama