News about West Coast Expressway

IPOH (Aug 26): Construction of the West Coast Expressway (WCE), which starts from the Beruas junction to Taiping Selatan, is experiencing a delay compared to the actual schedule following the poor performance of the main contractor.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): Piling and foundation outfit Aneka Jaringan Holdings Bhd has secured a RM77.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): TCS Group Holdings Bhd has won an infrastructure job worth RM177.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): Highway construction company WCE Holdings Bhd is close to securing a construction works contract worth RM126.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Highway construction company WCE Holdings Bhd booked its fifth consecutive quarterly loss with RM30.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd (HLIB) has lowered its target price on IJM Corp Bhd to RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): WCE Holdings Bhd says toll collection has started at Section 5 of the West Coast Expressway, operated by its 80%-owned unit West Coast Expressway Sdn Bhd.

道路、铁路、机场和港口等交通基础建设发展，向来被人们看作是创造出新产业热点的催化剂，因为这些发展往往会刺激一个地区的经济活动，并且提升当地的宜居程度。 西马其中一个备受瞩目的基建项目，就是即将改变沿途地区的West Coast Expressway（简称WCE），一条连接雪州Banting与霹雳州Taiping的233公里高速大道。 该大道目前正由WCE Holdings Bhd 及IJM Construction私人有限公司所组成的财团所兴建，预计在2022年底全面竣工。 WCE会连接到数条现有大道，包括 North-South Expressway（NSE）、South Klang Valley Expressway（SKVE）、New Klang Valley Expressway（NKVE）、New North Klang Straits Bypass（NNKSB）、Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway（LATAR）与Shah Alam Expressway（KESAS）。 因此，在WCE启用后，该大道将使沿路地区的交通更加便利。 而有关专家指出，该大道也有望推动西海岸走廊的发展，因为随着来往这些沿岸地区的交通时间缩短，当地的发展料获得加速。 Raine & Horne International Zaki + Partners私人有限公司副总监James Tan向EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): WCE Holdings Bhd, the concessionaire of West Coast Expressway, announced yesterday that its rights issue of redeemable convertible preference shares (RCPS) with free warrants, to raise up to RM481.

Transport infrastructure developments such as roads, railways, airports and ports tend to signal where the next property hot spot will be as they often serve as catalysts to drive economic activity while enhancing the liveability of the areas they serve or operate in.