KUALA LUMPUR: Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) said the total cost for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line could be anywhere between RM35 billion and RM40 billion.
“We have not finalised the actual cost for the SSP Line but for construction alone, we have budgeted RM32 billion,” MRT Corp chief executive officer Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar told Business Times.
“With the project delivery partner and all, we expect the total cost to be between RM35 billion and RM40 billion,” he said.
The 52.2km SSP Line will serve a corridor with a population of around two million in Damansara Damai, Jalan Ipoh, Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Tun Razak Exchange, Kuchai Lama, Seri Kembangan and Cyberjaya.
Phase 1 of the SSP Line will run from Kwasa Damansara to Kampung Batu, and comprise 12 stations. It is targeted for completion by July 2021.
Phase 2 is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2022. It will have 11 underground stations and 26 elevated stations.
The MRT project is the country’s largest infrastructure development and backbone of the city’s public transport network.
It started with the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line, where the construction cost for the 51km network is RM23 billion.
Shahril said construction of the SBK Line was on schedule and within the targeted cost.
“Progress is now at 86 per cent. We have a few months before Phase 1 of the SBK Line between Sungai Buloh station and Semantan station is operational by the end of the year.”
The mechanical and electrical system works are undergoing testing while trial runs for the trains will begin in October.
He said Phase 2 of the SBK Line, which covered the underground and southern elevated sections, was also progressing well and would be ready for operations in July next year.