News about transit

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Penang has yet to submit to the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), an approved Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) for the state’s proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, according to transport minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

SINGAPORE (August 1): Singapore’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) said that Singapore welcomes Malaysia’s intention to discuss the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 1): A male passenger has died after allegedly falling onto the light rail transit (LRT) tracks at the Pusat Bandar Puchong LRT station this morning, reported Bernama.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): The Mass Rapid Transit Line 3 (MRT3) is postponed and not scrapped to reduce government debt, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd president and group chief executive officer (CEO) Masnizam Hisham (pictured) may see her three-year tenure cut short as she is said to be leaving the company amid criticism from lawmakers that it had caused the cost of the light rail transit line 3 (LRT3) project to balloon.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) is well aware that the actual cost to build the 37km Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) is RM32 billion as he had been present at relevant meetings to discuss the project, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng reiterated today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): Damansara MP Tony Pua (pictured) said today that the Pakatan Harapan administration has no intention of hiding the true cost of Malaysia's proposed Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) project, when the total cost of the project was renegotiated down to RM16.

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KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, which has been blamed by the finance ministry (MoF) recently for poor management which resulted in a jump in the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) project cost, said it had known the initial projected RM10 billion cost for the project was “inadequate”.

PETALING JAYA (July 13): While the government’s decision to drop six stations from the LRT3 may have caused a stir among the public, property consultants reckon the effects of the move is not significant and prices of properties along the scrapped stations will not tumble.