Leaders: Why extend RTS deadline?


View of the proposed Rapid Transit System (RTS) project area in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: The one-month extension of the deadline for Malaysia to decide on the Rapid Transit System (RTS) project came in for further debate here, with several leaders questioning the need to ask for more time.

The initial six-month deadline for Malaysia to review the RM4bil project to build a 4km cross-border MRT link from Woodlands in Singapore to Bukit Chagar in Johor to help alleviate congestion at the Causeway was to expire tomorrow.

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