MRCB-George Kent consortium appointed as project delivery partner for LRT 3

KUALA LUMPUR: Prasarana Malaysia Bhd has announced a consortium of Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) and George Kent (M) Bhd as the project delivery partner (PDP) for the light rail transit line three (LRT 3) project.
Prasarana is the project owner of LRT 3, which is estimated to cost RM9 billion exluding land acquisition cost.
It was reported that other individual and joint venture bidders were Gamuda and MMC Corp Bhd, UEM Group Bhd, Naza Group and China-based CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd, Sunway Bhd as well as WCT Bhd and AlloyMtd group.
The 36km-long LRT 3 line will link Bandar Utama to Johan Setia, Klang.