http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=102904
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Provision for LRT in Aeropod project
Published on: Friday, September 04, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: The foundation has been laid for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) service to materialise in Sabah in the near future through the ongoing RM3 billion Aeropod development project under the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), even though developer SP Setia is not the commercial body undertaking the project.
"We have planned the place for the future. We may not be doing it, but we made the provision through the infrastructure. The upper concourse of the new railway system had been designed for a future LRT as it will have the similar line as the railway system, but they connect at a high level.
"This has been approved by City Hall," Aeropod Deputy General Manager Chan Tah Seong, told Daily Express. "We have actually submitted plans to show the proof that you can adjust the roof and the facility can be used for a LRT system," he added, acknowledging the scepticism that was faced by the firm when it first mooted the idea, especially from the Sabah state government. "City Hall was not convinced at first, asking 'can it be done?' So, our people with the architects had to physically demonstrate that when other developers come along, the project is feasible," he said.
"Though it is based on the State Government's plan for the facility, I think we are ready," Chan said, adding that the firm was at an advanced level of the development, liaising with the State Railways Department (JKNS) on the coordination and placement of the tracks as well as the building of its headquarters.
Published on: Friday, September 04, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: The foundation has been laid for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) service to materialise in Sabah in the near future through the ongoing RM3 billion Aeropod development project under the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), even though developer SP Setia is not the commercial body undertaking the project.
"We have planned the place for the future. We may not be doing it, but we made the provision through the infrastructure. The upper concourse of the new railway system had been designed for a future LRT as it will have the similar line as the railway system, but they connect at a high level.
"This has been approved by City Hall," Aeropod Deputy General Manager Chan Tah Seong, told Daily Express. "We have actually submitted plans to show the proof that you can adjust the roof and the facility can be used for a LRT system," he added, acknowledging the scepticism that was faced by the firm when it first mooted the idea, especially from the Sabah state government. "City Hall was not convinced at first, asking 'can it be done?' So, our people with the architects had to physically demonstrate that when other developers come along, the project is feasible," he said.
"Though it is based on the State Government's plan for the facility, I think we are ready," Chan said, adding that the firm was at an advanced level of the development, liaising with the State Railways Department (JKNS) on the coordination and placement of the tracks as well as the building of its headquarters.
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