Less tunnelling work lowers ECRL cost


KUANTAN, 12 April -- TIDAK TERLIBAT...Seorang penduduk Taman KotaSAS melintasi papan iklan pembinaan Laluan Rel Pantai Timur (ECRL) KotaSAS, kawasan yang tidak akan terlibat dalam projek ECRL yang disambung semula pembinaannya ketika tinjauan hari ini.
Projek itu akan meliputi jajaran baharu dengan jarak landasan dikurangkan sebanyak 40 kilometer selain pengurangan kos daripada RM98 juta kepada RM68 juta bagi setiap kilometer.
Jarak landasan baharu yang bakal dibina itu meliputi sejauh 648 kilometer berbanding rancangan awal sejauh 688 kilometer dengan jajaran baharu dari Kota Bharu-Mentakab-Jelebu-Kuala Kelawang-Bangi/Kajang-Putrajaya dan Pelabuhan Klang.
--fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA


KUALA LUMPUR: The revised alignment of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project will not require extensive tunnelling work, which was a major cost component of the project.

The track now starts in Port Klang and goes south to Jelebu in Negri Sembilan before hooking up with Mentakab in Pahang.

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