The Star - Feasibility study on East Coast Rail Route completed
According to a report on today newspaper, the East Coast Rail Route that feasibility started on 2009 will connect all major towns at east coast, Kota Bharu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, to name a few.
KUALA LUMPUR: The feasibility study on the East Coast Rail Route covering Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, has been completed.
In announcing this, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the rail route would be built in phases, starting with Phase 1 – a 109km rail track from Kertih to Kuantan.
The
proposed 600km route starts from Kuala Lumpur to Tumpat, passing
through Mentakab, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu and Kota Baru, he said.
“The
massive project will have a significant impact in terms of improving
East Coast Economic Region’s (ECER) connectivity with the west coast of
Peninsular Malaysia and expediting economic growth within the region,”
he said in a statement after chairing the ECER Development Council
meeting here yesterday.
Najib, who is also the council’s chairman, earlier chaired the council’s second meeting for the year.
The
Prime Minister said Phase 1 of the rail route project would help
improve links between the various industrial areas within the East Coast
Economic Region Special Economic Zone such as the Gambang halal park
and the Kemaman supply base.
The Gebeng Integrated Petrochemical
Complex, the Pekan Automotive Park and Palm Oil Industrial Cluster and
the Kuantan Port, which would ultimately enhance the port’s
competitiveness, would also immensely benefit from the project, said
Najib, who is also Finance Minister.
The feasibility study on the integrated rail route started in 2009.
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