KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) will not proceed with the proposed trackless tram or autonomous rail transit (ART) system in the administrative capital as the costs of implementation are too high, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Deputy federal territories minister Lo Su Fui said preliminary studies had found that the estimated cost of implementing ART, including infrastructure development, systems, operations and maintenance, would reach RM211.95 million over a 10-year period.
“This cost is beyond the financial capacity of PPj as the local authority. On this basis, PPj will not proceed with the ART in Putrajaya,” he said in reply to a question from Dr Zaliha Mustafa (PH-Sekijang).