PUTRAJAYA: Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) has confirmed that the government will continue its monorail project which was previously suspended in mid-2004.
Its president Datuk Aminuddin Hassim said the construction would start as soon as possible and a study has been conducted.
“In the middle of this year, Ministry of Federal Territories and Ministry of Transport would have a follow-up discussion on the project.
“Among those to be discussed is the type of route to be used and the type of funding, whether it will be financed slightly by the private sector or vice versa.
“But I anticipate that the construction of this monorail will not be fully paid by the government, there will be private companies that will fund it,” he told reporters after launching the Putrajaya International Islamic Arts & Culture Festival 2019 here today.
He added that when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stepped down (as the fourth Prime Minister) many of his ideas were cancelled by his successor Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Among those cancelled at that time was the monorail project which is now just an incomplete tunnel and unconnected bridge across a man-made lake.
According to the original plan, the monorail was proposed to have two lines, one is 12km-long with 17 stations and another is 6km-long with six stations.
The construction of the first phase of the project involves 8km of underground monorail and bridge connecting the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry at Presint 3 to the Ministry of Education at Complex E.