Budget 2015: Boon for construction

THE Government has announced the rollout of the much-anticipated 56km second mass rapid transit line (MRT Line 2) from Selayang to Putrajaya at an estimated cost of RM23bil in Budget 2015, which will further boost the construction sector from next year onwards.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in his budget speech also announced another urban rail project, the light rail transit line three (LRT Line 3) from Bandar Utama to Shah Alam and Klang at an estimated cost of RM9bil, confirming a StarBiz report that was published on May 14.