THE three consortiums appointed to build the various stretches of the north-south railway double-tracking project may lower the final cost of the work from the original price tag of RM23bil as they prepare their final proposals for submission to the government, said DRB-Hicom Bhd group chairman Tan Sri Mohd Saleh Sulong.
As with other work for the government, the final contracts are subject to further negotiations, Saleh told the media after announcing the DRB-HICOM groups appointment as the exclusive sales agent for the Russian BE-200 amphibious aircraft by JSC Scientific Production Corp Irkut (see page 3).