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Details on RTS will be announced by month's end: M'sian transport minister

JOHOR BARU — Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke on Monday (Oct 14) said that details of the suspended Rapid Transit System (RTS) project will be announced before the month-end deadline.

An artist’s impression of the train platforms at the RTS Link Woodlands North Station.

An artist’s impression of the train platforms at the RTS Link Woodlands North Station.

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JOHOR BARU — Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke on Monday (Oct 14) said that details of the suspended Rapid Transit System (RTS) project will be announced before the month-end deadline.

"As announced by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng during the Budget 2020 presentation, the government intends to proceed with the project. The details of the project will be discussed and finalised by Cabinet in the next one or two weeks.

"Once a decision has been made, I will notify my Singaporean counterpart first, since this is a bilateral project, before an (official) announcement is made… in Johor Baru before the Oct 31 deadline," he added.

When contacted, Singapore’s Ministry of Transport declined to comment on the matter.

Mr Loke was speaking to the media after launching the Johor Port Authority's (LPJ) Port Week 2019 event.

Also present were state Public Works, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Mohd Solihan Badri; LPJ chairman Rosnan Fathal; and LPJ general manager Muhammad Razif Ahmad.

The deadline for the suspension of the RTS project was initially set for Sept 30, but last month, Singapore’s Ministry of Transport announced that the date had been extended to Oct 31.

The suspension was made at the request of the Malaysian government, which wants more time to decide on whether to proceed with it, or to make changes to the initial proposal.

The RTS, which is aimed at easing congestion at the Johor Causeway, will link Bukit Chagar in Johor Baru and Woodlands in Singapore.

The project was supposed to be completed by 2024. Singapore’s Ministry of Transport has declined to comment on the development. NEW STRAITS TIMES

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