ISKANDAR PUTERI, Feb 21 — The Johor state government has proposed that the Automated Rapid Transit (ART) project be implemented on important alignments first if the project receives approval from the federal government.
Johor Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communications Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said alignments in the Tebrau area, for example, which often experience traffic congestion, should be given priority.
He said this step is important to ensure that the implementation of the ART project is expedited to disperse traffic in the affected areas, alongside the operation of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project next year.
“The Tebrau area is the most congested, we can probably prioritise this alignment first and then focus on other alignments.
“For example, if the alignment involves a route of about 20 kilometres, we can do it as a package and contractors can work together to speed up construction,” he told Bernama when interviewed at his office in Kota Iskandar recently.
Mohamad Fazli said the state government initially proposed three alignments including Skudai and Iskandar Puteri to the Ministry of Transport (MOT), in addition to considering adding an alignment in Pasir Gudang.
