MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officially launched construction of the Penang LRT Mutiara Line medium capacity metro with a groundbreaking ceremony on January 11.
The first phase of the Mutiara (‘Pearl’) Line will run 23·7 km along Penang Island from Penang South Reclamation Project Island A to Komtar in George Town with 19 stations.
A 8·32bn ringgit civil works contract covering construction of the elevated guideway, stations, depot at Island A and associated works was signed on January 13 by the SRS Consortium of Gamuda (60%), Loh Phoy Yen Holdings (20%) and Ideal Property Development (20%). Completion is envisaged within six years of the notice to proceed being issued.
Gamuda said the…
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