The government’s latest overall budget for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project amounts to 16.4 billion patacas – but not including the still unscheduled LRT peninsula section, Mak Soi Kun, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, quoted government officials as saying yesterday.
Mak briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. The members of the committee asked the officials, including Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) Director Ho Cheong Kei, to brief them about the government’s latest overall budget for the city’s LRT system and how much the government has spent so far on the project.
The government has repeatedly reaffirmed that the LRT Taipa section is scheduled to be operational next year. The Taipa section, which includes Cotai, is 9.3 kilometres long and will have 11 stations.
Lawmaker-cum-building contractor Mak Soi Kun, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, speaks to reporters after yesterday’s closed-door meeting of the committee. Courtesy: TDM
Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) Director Ho Cheong Kei speaks to reporters in the legislature yesterday. Courtesy: TDM
