Friday July 3, 2009
Have your say on aerorail project
By CHEN PELF YEEN
MALACCA: Members of the public have three months to give their views or raise objections over the proposed RM1.5bil aerorail project that connects Ayer Keroh to Melaka Sentral.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said details of the proposed project have been on display at the Malacca Historic City Council’s Graha Makmur foyer in Ayer Keroh since June 23.
“The display will be up until Sept 23 and members of the public will have the opportunity to give feedback on the proposed project during the period,” he said after visiting the display of the proposed aerorail project here recently.
He said the response has been encouraging with 60 people giving positive comments two days after the display was put up.
A beauty: Lim taking a closer look at the aerorail model in the Malacca Historic City Council Graha Makmur’s foyer recently. The aerorail project, tipped to be the first of its kind in South East Asia, will have 10 stations and cover 18.4km of routes.
Development of the project covers two phases, with Phase I covering 9.6km from Jalan Tun Ali to Melaka Mall while Phase II covers 8.8km from Multimedia University to the Malacca Zoo.
Meanwhile, Pyramid Express Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Lim Sue Beng said work on the aerorail would commence once the company obtains necessary approval from the Transport Ministry.
“Phase 1, involving seven stations, is scheduled for completion in 2013 while three more stations under Phase II is set for completion in 2016,” he said, adding that the aerorail would be able to transport between 2,000 and 4,500 passengers per hour per direction.
Each train, he said, would be able to accommodate 40-seated passengers to a maximum of 200 passengers while travelling at 40km an hour from station to station.
Lim said upon completion, there would be service apartments, hotels and restaurants including levelled parking at each station.
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