Prasarana: Ampang LRT line extension project on track

Light rail vehicles will be used for the Ampang Line.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prasarana Malaysia Bhd maintains the RM1.1bil Ampang Light Rail Transit extension project is on track and phase one will start on Oct 31, 2015 as scheduled.

Prasarana group director of project development, Datuk Zohari Sulaiman said the various stakeholders including contractors were committed to completing the LRT Line Extension Project on time. 

“For Phase 2, the completion date for the project is on March 31, 2016. We are committed to deliver the project on time. There’s no issue of delay,” he said.

Zohari, who is also CEO of Prasarana Rail and Infrastructure Projects Sdn Bhd (PRAISE), said the overall completion for Phase 1 -- which involves the opening of four new stations for the Ampang Line -- was already at 92.58%.

 

He expressed confidence of meeting the timelines. The four new stations – Awan Besar, Muhibbah, Alam Sutera and Kinrara BK5 along the Ampang LEP -- will be opened for full service on Oct 31. 

The remaining stations under Phase 2 are nearly 70% complete, overall, he added. 

Zohari added the new trains for the Ampang LRT Line were also being tested progressively.

He was responding news reports which quoted George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd Chairman, Tan Sri Tan Kay Hock the company expected a year's delay in the Ampang LRT extension project, which was scheduled for completion in March next year.