The government will establish a company to replace the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) next year, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, told reporters yesterday, adding that the firm will be fully owned by the government.
The office, which is responsible for the construction and operation of the troubled Light Rapid Transit System (LRT) project, is a government body under the portfolio of Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, who said yesterday the government expected the total cost of the LRT Taipa section, which will have 11 stations, to “not exceed 11 billion patacas”. The policy secretary also reiterated that the section will come into service in 2019.
The Taipa section is 9.3 kilometres long.
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario (left) speaks to reporters after yesterday’s committee meeting at the legislature yesterday, while Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) Co-ordinator Ho Cheong Kei looks on. Photos: Davis Ip
Lawmaker-cum community leader Ho Ion Sang, who chairs the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, briefs reporters about yesterday’s closed-door meeting.
This photo taken yesterday shows the location of the future Light Rapid Transit System (LRT) depot near the airport in Taipa.
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