GEORGE TOWN: Penang has dismissed claims that the cost of the Komtar-Bayan Lepas light rail transit (LRT) project has escalated.
State Local Government Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the RM8.4bil cost included construction, land acquisition and other expenses for Phase 1, while the RM7bil quoted earlier excluded a land acquisition cost of RM1bil.
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