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Another Story about Puchong LRT-Story before election

Bernama.com
General March 04, 2008 19:20 PM
RM1 Bln LRT Project Ready By 2011


KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- The RM1 billion light rail transit project linking Sri Petaling and Putra Heights in USJ, which is expected to be completed by 2011, will ease the traffic problems of the residents.

Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Puchong parliamentary seat, incumbent Lau Yeng Peng, said this was the BN government's long-term strategy to solve the traffic problems faced by the people of Puchong and surrounding areas.

Lau said this at a press conference at BN Sri Serdang campaign centre in Serdang today to refute claims by the opposition parties that the project had been cancelled.

Also present were BN candidates for Kinrara and Sri Serdang state seats, Dr Kow Cheong Wei and Datuk Mohamad Satim Diman, repectively.

He said construction of the 16-km track was expected to start early next year.

"There will be 12 stations along the route, of which 10 will be in Taman Kinrara, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong Jaya, Tempua, Pusat Bandar Puchong, Bandar Puteri, Puchong Perdana, Puchong Indah, Taman Tasik Puchong Prima and Putra Heights," he said.

Lau said as a short-term measure to tackle traffic woes, two alternative roads would be built.

He said the Cabinet Committee on Public Transport, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, last December approved an allocation of RM20 million to build a bridge over ex-mining pool to link Taman Kinrara in Puchong to Sri Manja residential area in Old Klang Road.

"Another bridge will also be built to link a road near Tesco hypermarket to USJ 1," he said.

Lau said although the two links would cost government a substantial amount of money he would lobby the government to ensure both routes stay toll-free.

In 2004 election, Lau won the seat with a majority of 11,882 votes.

In coming election, Lau will face a straight fight with DAP's Gobind Singh Deo.

For the state seats, Mohamad will face PAS' Ahmad Idzam Ahmad in Seri Serdang and Dr Koh challenge DAP's Teresa Kok Suh Sim in Kinrara.

The constituency has 75,625 voters, comprising Malays (42.76 per cent), Chinese (40.63 percent), Indians (15.76 percent) and others (0.85 percent).

-- BERNAMA

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