NSTSPAD will propose to Govt ‘spur line’ for MRT2
Monday, 20 October 2014
By: SHARIDAN M. ALI
PETALING JAYA: The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) is proposing to the Government that the upcoming Mass Rapid Transit line 2 (MRT2) would need a spur line between Sungai Buloh and Selayang.
Last week, StarBiz highlighted the alignment issue of the MRT2 that has caused confusion among the officials and industry executives in the construction and transportation sector.
Responding to this matter, SPAD chief executive officer Mohd Nur Kamal told StarBiz that the commission was putting forward to the Government that a spur line would be needed to connect Sungai Buloh and Selayang.
“This spur line plan is expected to be finalised in two weeks. A spur line is usually a shorter line attached to the main line of the MRT,” he said.
In the recent Budget 2015, it was announced that the MRT2 project, costing an estimated RM23bil, would be from Selayang to Putrajaya and work will start next year.
But according to the master plan, it was supposed to start in Sungai Buloh, where the MRT depot is being built, and end in Putrajaya.
The Sungai Buloh depot is regarded as possibly the largest in South-East Asia and designed at a cost to have the capacity and support the convergence of two MRT lines.
The Sungai Buloh depot is being constructed at a cost of RM459.9mil on 65ha at the Rubber Research Institute site.
The contract, which was awarded to Trans Resources Corp Sdn Bhd (TRC) in May 2012, is expected to be completed by first quarter of 2016.
Mohd Nur explained that a spur line would ensure a convergence of the two lines in Sungai Buloh.
“We wanted this issue to be finalised as soon as possible so that we can work on the rest of the alignment to carry on with the three-month public display to get responses from the public on the whole alignment of MRT2,” he said.
The timing of the MRT2 rollout is crucial to ensure seamless and uninterrupted continuity of the availability of contractors to deploy their workforce and machinery used in MRT Line 1 to Line 2.
The development of Line 2 should begin as soon as the civil works for Line 1 are completed. Completion of the civil works will take the whole of next year.
The 56km MRT2 project is expected to take five years to be completed.
The first MRT line from Sungai Buloh to Kajang is about 50% close to completion. Most of the civil works are expected to be completed during the course of next year.
The MRT Line 1 runs for 51km and, upon completion, will have 31 stations serving 1.2 million commuters .
The whole MRT project is proposed to include three lines where the last one is a circle alignment running around the Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
If this proposal is approved, confirm there will be at least a MRT station in Selayang.
Can't believe they are still talking about proposing a spur line between Selayang and Sg buloh. You mean SPAD was totally uninformed that master plan was changed such that Sg buloh is no longer in the picture? SPAD has to find out the plan in the Budget?
Oct 11 2014, 06:04 PM
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You mean all the while no thought was ever given to HSR stations and connections until now? And still want to talk about speed up MRT 3? 
please dun be naive
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