RM17 Billion Approved for Bayan Lepas LRT and Pan Island Link 1
Since June 2017, Penang government had announced that a sum of RM17 billion from an estimated total cost of RM46 billion for the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project has been approved. State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the RM17 billion cost included the B ayan Lepas Light Rail Transit (LRT) from Komtar and the Pan Island Link 1 . Proposed LRT line in Penang island 槟岛轻快铁计划以及房屋发展计划 He also reiterated that the total cost of PTMP as proposed by its project delivery partner, SRS Consortium, was RM46 billion for the railway and highway which also included three major roads and an undersea tunnel project by Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CSZ). He said based on the engineering consultant Halcrow’s study in 2011, the report only covered the conceptual studies, at an estimated cost of RM27 billion. There were no detailed studies undertaken. “The state government had appointed SRS Consortium to im