Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) expects construction contracts for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project to be awarded by 2017, reported The Sun Daily.
SPAD Chief Development Officer, Dr Prodyut Dutt, said that works for the project, which is due for completion by 2022, will take about five years.
“If worked backwards, the indicative date is 2017,” he said at a recent event.
He added that preliminary work for the tender is in progress and will be conducted in consultation with the Singapore government.
Announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in 2010, the proposed HSR project was initially expected to be completed by 2020.
Mangalesri Chandrasekaran, Editor at PropertyGuru Malaysia, edited this story. To contact her about this or other stories email mangales@propertyguru.com.my
