ECRL 12.85% done

ERCL 12.85% completed, says MRL chief (file pic)

By Sharen Kaur

  Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) said the RM44 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project's overall completion rate currently stood at 12.86 per cent as compared to 10.18 per cent in June 2019.



  CEO Datuk Seri Darwis Abdul Razak said, construction works involving tunnels and viaducts along the 223-km Dungun-Mentakab stretch (also known as Section B) was progressing according to plan.
  “Site clearing and earthworks are actively taking place on multiple sites along Section B where there are no alignment changes to our Railway Scheme following the resumption of the improved ECRL project back in April 2019,” he said in a statement this week.



  The ECRL is a 640km standard gauge double-track railway line connecting Port Klang on the Straits of Malacca to Kota Bharu, linking the East Coast Economic Region states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan to one another and to the west coast and central region.
  The project, scheduled for completion by December 2026, is expected to cut travel time between Kota Baru and Putrajaya in just four hours, at the speed of 160kph.
  It would carry both passengers and freight.



  MRL will unveil the proposed realignment for Kota Baru-Dungun (also known as Section A) for the ECRL during its Public Inspection exercise on Nov 25.
  The proposed Section C involves a 162km alignment from Mentakab to Port Klang.
  Works on Section A and Section C will commence once the final railway scheme for both sections is approved by the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD).


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