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Anthony Loke: ECRL works 42pc complete, on track for 2027 launch
Transport Minister Anthony Loke (centre) is seen during a working visit to the Genting ECRL tunnel construction site in Bentong April 11, 2023. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Tuesday, 11 Apr 2023 8:57 PM MYT
BENTONG, April 11 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project was 42 per cent complete and on track to be operational by early 2027.
“I am pleased to inform you that the construction work of the 665km long ECRL project — which crosses four states, namely, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Selangor — is actively underway and has achieved progress of 42.06 percent as of March 2023.
“The level of progress recorded is in line with the completion schedule of the project alignment ECRL from Kota Baru, Kelantan to ITT Gombak, Selangor in December 2026,” he said at a press conference after visiting Genting Tunnel construction site.
He said the Genting Tunnel, a 16.39km twin-tunnel design, was one of the project’s biggest challenges.
“The Genting Tunnel is the first ECRL tunnel excavated using an advanced tunnel boring machine method compared to the drilling and blasting method that has been used for existing tunnels for the ECRL project.
Tuesday, 11 Apr 2023 8:57 PM MYT
BENTONG, April 11 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project was 42 per cent complete and on track to be operational by early 2027.
“I am pleased to inform you that the construction work of the 665km long ECRL project — which crosses four states, namely, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Selangor — is actively underway and has achieved progress of 42.06 percent as of March 2023.
“The level of progress recorded is in line with the completion schedule of the project alignment ECRL from Kota Baru, Kelantan to ITT Gombak, Selangor in December 2026,” he said at a press conference after visiting Genting Tunnel construction site.
He said the Genting Tunnel, a 16.39km twin-tunnel design, was one of the project’s biggest challenges.
“The Genting Tunnel is the first ECRL tunnel excavated using an advanced tunnel boring machine method compared to the drilling and blasting method that has been used for existing tunnels for the ECRL project.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke (right) listens to a briefing from Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) CEO Datuk Seri Darwis Abdul Razak during a working visit to the Genting ECRL tunnel construction site in Bentong April 11, 2023. — Picture by Hari Anggara
“The construction of the Genting Tunnel is a key component of the ECRL project because it completes the land bridge or ‘landbridge’ for the transport of cargo from Port Kuantan to Port Klang and can continue to connect passengers from the East Coast states to Gombak,” he added.
Announced in 2016, the ECRL is the flagship project of China’s Belt-Road Initiative in Malaysia that would link the major ports of the peninsula’s east and west coasts.
Construction began on August 2017, but had been halted following Malaysia's change of government in 2018 before being resumed in 2019.
“The construction of the Genting Tunnel is a key component of the ECRL project because it completes the land bridge or ‘landbridge’ for the transport of cargo from Port Kuantan to Port Klang and can continue to connect passengers from the East Coast states to Gombak,” he added.
Announced in 2016, the ECRL is the flagship project of China’s Belt-Road Initiative in Malaysia that would link the major ports of the peninsula’s east and west coasts.
Construction began on August 2017, but had been halted following Malaysia's change of government in 2018 before being resumed in 2019.
A Debt trap for future Malaysian generations not yet born.
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DeleteR u paying?
FYI, the Budapest–Belgrade–Skopje–Athens railway built by the Chinese - a planned railroad international connection in Central and Southeast Europe – between Budapest (Hungary), Belgrade (Serbia), Skopje (North Macedonia), Athens and its China-run port of Piraeus (Greece).
The first section, the Budapest–Belgrade railway – a $2.89 billion, 350 km (220 mi) high-speed rail line has been up & running. & Is profitable within the two yrs of operation! There r other spillover commercial activities that benefit both Serbia & Hungary.
Ditto, Laos with her first rail link with China Kunming.
Eat yr heart out & stay in yr wet dream.
Yes, my children and grandchildren will likely be paying.
DeleteThe ECRL's fully payable loans (in REALITY China has hardly INVESTED any significant amount of Capital in the ECRL) are guaranteed by the Malaysian Government.
The projected traffic numbers are impossible to repay the debts to China via commercial earnings. Like the case of Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port, the ECRL is very likely to become a burden on the Malaysian Taxpayer, or at the cost of Malaysian sovereignty.
And when China encroaches on Malaysian sovereignty, it will be local Malaysian ethnic Chinese who become scapegoats by the Race and Religion champions.
MEANWHILE THAT STUPID RAIL IN KLIA FROM PLANE LANDING TO IMMIGRATION IS NOT WORKING....FIX THAT FIRST STUPID!!...STOP ALL OTHER WORKS....
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