News about transport

PENANG (Dec 7): Those who attended yesterday’s open session on the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan were generally welcoming of the ambitious project.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): Construction work on the Penang light railway transit (LRT) project, which is part of the first phase of the island’s Transport Master Plan (TMP), will start in 2018.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 30): Gamuda Bhd-led project delivery partner — SRS Consortium Sdn Bhd — for the Penang Transport Master Plan (TMP) estimates the cost of reclaiming two islands measuring about 1,300 acres (526.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 25): Malaysia's and Singapore's land-transport regulators said they received 98 submissions in response to the request-for-information exercise for the planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.

NOV 22 (George Town): The Penang government has again defended its approvals for land reclamation projects, insisting that they will benefit the people.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 19): The state government will co-operate with the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) to complete the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), according to Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 18): More than 1,500 acres (607ha) of sea land off Permatang Damar Laut near Bayan Lepas have been identified for the proposed reclamation that forms part of the land-swap deal with SRS Consortium, the project delivery partner (PDP), for the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan (TMP).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): Kuala Lumpur has been named one of the world’s top five cities to watch because of its plans for public transport, said international property firm Knight Frank in its Global Cities report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): The long-delayed final stretch of the RM8 billion electrified double-track (EDT) rail between Gemas (in Negeri Sembilan) and Johor Bahru (Johor) — which was supposed to be completed in 2008 — seems to finally be moving forward.