Tender to open soon for MRT3 project consultant, contractors

Tender to open soon for MRT3 project consultant, contractors

Transport minister Wee Ka Siong says improved MRT connectivity will provide quality public transport options to the people.

The MRT3 project involves a 51km line including two depots and 33 stations.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) is currently in the process of appointing a project management consultant (PMC) and three companies for the civil main contractor (CMC) packages for the construction of the MRT Circle Line (MRT3) project.

Transport minister Wee Ka Siong said the tender for the system work packages would be opened soon.

“All efforts to improve MRT connectivity are aimed at providing quality public transport options to the people,” he said in reply to a question from Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) during the question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat here today.

Ahmad wanted the ministry to state the status of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), high speed rail (HSR), Pan-Borneo Highway, mass rapid transit (MRT) and new highway projects to reduce congestion, especially during the long holidays and festive seasons.

The MRT3 project involves a 51km line including two depots and 33 stations, of which, 10 are interchange stations that connect MRT3 to existing KTM, LRT, Monorail, MRT Kajang Line and MRT Putrajaya Line stations.

Some 12km stretch of the MRT3 line will run underground while another 39km will run on multi-storey tracks.

Wee said the MRT3 project would involve five work packages, comprising one PMC, three CMCs and one system work package.

As for the 665km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, he added that it was 31.48% complete as of June this year.

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