Building of the Johor Baru-Singapore Fast Transit System (RTS) is on observe, and is anticipated to be full on schedule in December 2026, The Star experiences. Floor breaking befell final November, which marked the beginning of building of the RTS.
The general progress of the venture has been encouraging, with greater than 70% of the design work accomplished and anticipated to be finalised within the coming months, mentioned Mass Fast Transit Company (MRT Corp) CEO Datuk Mohd Zarif Hashim.
“One of many key, or essential objects for any venture like that is [the matter of] land points and land acquisition. Nonetheless, we have been capable of settle loads of them inside a brief time period, together with these for the land in Bukit Chagar,” he mentioned, including that these issues usually take one or two years to settle.
The corporate is now aiming to finish land acquisition within the different a part of the venture which incorporates the Wadi Hana depot, and this half is anticipated to be full in April, the CEO mentioned.
Johor Baru-based architect Chin Yee Chong from SM Architects submitted the profitable entry within the PAM+MRT Corp RTS Hyperlink Station Façade Design Concepts Competitors, which was collectively organised by MRT Corp and Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) and held from November 2020 till January this 12 months, the report mentioned. This design contest was mooted by Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.
Malaysia’s portion of the RTS price is RM3.715 billion, which can embrace building of the Bukit Chagar station and the four-storey CIQ complicated, the Wadi Hana depot, and viaducts by the JB metropolis centre and over the Straits of Johor to the Malaysia-Singapore border, mentioned Mohd Zharif final November. The Bukit Chagar hub will probably be a transit-oriented improvement, with combined property improvement and duty-free outlets.
Prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong met final July on the Causeway for a signing ceremony that marked the official resumption of the RTS Hyperlink venture. First launched in 2018, building was slated to start in 2019 for completion by December 2024. This was nevertheless suspended in April 2019 on the request of the Pakatan Harapan administration as a way to overview all huge tasks.
