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Gamuda Berhad (29579-T) • Annual Report 2012
Construction for the KVMRT viaduct guideway and other associated works in progress, located next to the Malaysia Civil Service Golf Club (commonly
known as Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam, KGPA) alongside the Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Dispersal Scheme (SPRINT) Highway
DoMesTiC PRoJeCTs
The KVMRT, sBK line will be 51km in length, serving
the north-West to south-east corridor of the Klang
Valley. The elevated sections will run through highly
densely populated neighbourhoods such as Kota
Damansara, Bandar utama, Taman Tun Dr ismail,
sections 16 and 17 of Petaling Jaya and Pusat
Bandar Damansara before going underground
at semantan. The underground section will cover
a distance of 9.5km and will have seven stations
located at Kl sentral, Pasar seni, Merdeka, Bukit
Bintang sentral, Pasar Rakyat, Cochrane andMaluri
before it emerges from underground to head on to
Cheras and Balakong before terminating in Kajang.
The entire sBK line will have a total of 31 stations
(inclusive of seven underground stations), of which
16 will enjoy Park and Ride facilities.
From a total of 85 works packages, 47 works
packages worth around RM20 billion have been
awarded to various contractors as at 18 october
2012, for advanced works, depots, elevated
guideways and stations, and underground works.
Meanwhile, tenders for system works such as
telecommunications and track works are ongoing.
The awards of the remaining packages are expected
to be completed by end 2012.