KLANG, July 29 – Construction work on the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia in Selangor has reached 95.6 per cent and the line is expected to be operational in the third quarter of next year, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
He said the construction work on the alignment, which includes the building of 20 stations, is expected to be completed this October.
This will be followed by system integration work, which is expected to take several months until early next year, he told reporters after inspecting the LRT3 project at the Pasar Jawa Station on Monday.
“After this process, we will be ready for testing and commissioning, which will take three to four months before starting operations by the third quarter of next year,” he said.
Loke said the expected operational timeline is slightly delayed compared to the original target set for March next year, partly because work could not be carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Loke said the Cabinet meeting on July 5 also agreed to reinstate the original scope of LRT3, involving five stations – Tropicana, Temasya, Raja Muda, Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik.
