Johor ready to assist 127 kkr projects in pre-implementation stage
JOHOR BARU: A total of 127 projects under the Works Ministry (KKR) in Johor have been identified as still being in the pre-implementation stage.
State Works, Transport, Infrastructure, and Communications Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said that the projects are among those that should have been implemented from 2016 to 2024.
"However, when we checked, the actual allocation that went to KKR only involved nine (projects)."
"The others are like for example the Education Ministry (MoE) building schools and projects being handed over to KKR to manage, and there are issues like land issues (and so on)," he said to reporters when met here today (June 24).
He said this when asked to comment on the 222 projects, estimated to be worth RM10 billion, that were identified to be implemented between 2016 and last year in Johor.
He said his team had met with KKR to discuss the cause of the delay, while also explaining that the state government is ready to provide appropriate assistance, including issues related to land and utilities.
Yesterday (June 23), Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi was reported to have said that the projects involved various facilities such as roads, mosques, hospitals and health clinics.
He also hoped that leaders at the federal level would entrust the state leadership in approving projects for the people in that state.
Meanwhile, Mohamad Fazli, in a Facebook post, stated that the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) Shuttle Tebrau service, which is one of the modes of transportation that carries passengers back and forth from Johor Baru to Singapore, will cease operations within six months after the Rapid Transit System (RTS) starts operations on Jan 1, 2027.
According to him, the shuttle will be used to increase the frequency of trips from Johor Sentral to Kempas Station, thus becoming an alternative to alleviate traffic congestion in the city of Johor Baru.
With a track length of 1.1 kilometres (km), the service, which can carry an average of 8,635 passengers per day, began operating on July 1, 2015, with a frequency of 31 round trips per day. — BERNAMA
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