Government and SPAD to work together to increase nation rail mileage to 3,000 km #Negaraku #Malaysia #KekalNajib

A few hours ago, Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (SPAD) just released a media statement stating that Malaysia is on track to expand rail mileage by 65% as key projects unfold by 2027. That is 10 years from now. Of course as Malaysians, we are very proud and looking forward for all of these projects to come on - stream so that we can further improve on our land transport connectivity and increase the number of people who uses public transportation. 

Some key take-away from the media statement issued by SPAD:

Rail is earmarked as the backbone of Malaysia’s land public transport network

Government seeks to boost the carrying capacity of rail through a three-pronged strategy involving the construction of new lines, procurement of additional trains for existing lines, and upgrading the signaling system to increase service frequency.

Over the past 7 years, the Government has significantly increased the urban rail network from 279km to 369km.

Over the next few years, the urban rail network is expected to grow to 505km with the completion of LRT3 (by 2020), MRT2 or the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya line (by 2022) and MRT3 (Circle Line) in the future.

several other key infra-rakyat rail projects which will continue to unfold by 2027, including the 350km Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project, the 4-km Johor Bharu-Woodlands (North) Rapid Transit System, the 700km East Coast Rail Link and other urban rail lines, rail mileage across the nation will come close to 3,000km,

Dalam bahasa mudah nya, kerajaan Barisan Nasional akan terus komited berbelanja bagi memastikan semua projek - projek rel di seluruh negara siap pada masa yang ditetapkan. Projek - projek ini termasuklah projek LRT3, MRT2 dan MRT3. Bukan sahaja di Lembah Klang, malah di Pantai Timur kerajaan BN terus komited memastikan kejayaan ECRL, dan di Selatan pula projek keretapi berkelajuan tinggi (HSR).

Mind you, projek - projek ini bukan lah murah tetapi menelan belanja berpuluh dan mungkin beratus Billion ringgit. Yang melucukan ada pihak mengatakan kerajaan bakal bankrap dan tidak mempunyai wang yang mencukupi. Persoalanya, jika kerajaan tidak mempunyai wang yang mencukupi mana mungkin kerajaan melangsungkan projek - projek sebegini? Nyata sekali apa yang dikatakan oleh pihak pembangkang hanyalah penipuan semata - mata.

Kami juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan tahniah kepada pihak SPAD kerana telah berjaya memastikan segala perancangan melalui Pelan Transformasi Kerajaan (GTP) pada Tahun 2010 dan juga NKRA kini mencapai kenyataan. SPAD sebagai Suruhanjaya yang menyelia dan meggerakkan seluruh rangkaian pengangkutan awam darat telah terbukti melakukan amanah yang diberi dengan baik. 

Tahniah!