With China's CCCC in as partner in the operation of ECRL, Umno Youth vice-chief Shahril Hamdan says it is risky.
PETALING JAYA: An Umno leader has questioned the decision to set up a joint venture company in the operations and maintenance of the East Coast Rail Link project, following the government’s go-ahead for the project which had come under criticism for its huge cost.
“Will the 50-50 cost sharing place the country’s strategic asset in any future risks?” he asked in a Facebook posting. MCA president Wee Ka Siong said the length of the track and number of stations will be reduced, while a major part of ECRL which would cut through a section of the Titiwangsa mountain range between Bentong and Gombak is now axed.
The realigned ECRL now starts in Kota Baru and goes through Mentakab, Jelebu, Kuala Kelawang, Bangi/Kajang and Putrajaya before ending in Port Klang, in what its main proponent Najib Razak described as removing the main attraction of the link’s inclusion of Gombak.“So when the route is realigned to go through Negeri Sembilan, what is the daily ridership estimation once the ECRL is completed?” he asked.
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