WCT secures RM189mil LRT3 depot contract

Better accessibility: An artist’s impression of the LRT3 project which is targeted to begin operations on Aug 31, 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR: WCT Holdings Bhd has clinched a RM185.9mil contract from Prasarana Malaysia Bhd to build the Johan Setia depot and undertake associated works under the Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) project.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the engineering and construction firm said the Johan Setia depot would be located next to the Johan Setia LRT station in Klang, one of 26 stations along the route.

The depot job is among the first set of LRT3 awards to be dished out. The RM9bil LRT3 project, spanning 37km, starts at Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, and terminates at Johan Setia. 

WCT said the scope of works generally included site investigation works, traffic and roads, safety, health and environmental management, site clearance, demolition and earthworks, sub-structure works, drainage works, roadworks, electrical and mechanical works.

It said the works were expected to be completed within 18 months from the date of the letter of acceptance (April 4).

Prasarana has targeted to start civil works for LRT3 between March and May, with construction of phase 1 to be completed by 2020 and service to start in August that year.

In January, its president and group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Azmi Abdul Aziz told reporters that it had prequalified 96 contractors for the infrastructure and systems packages.

According to the public transport provider, the first set of awards would comprise staff quarters, advance works and the Johan Setia depot.

Apart from WCT, companies that have qualified for the open category of the LRT infrastructure jobs include Gamuda Bhd, IJM Corp Bhd, Ikhmas Jaya Group Bhd, Kimlun Corp Bhd, Sunway Construction Group Bhd and Bina Puri Holdings Bhd.