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Kota Kinabalu Needs Monorail, Not Tram
new employment and
business opportunities and
at the same time transform
Kota Kinabalu into a modern
and progressive city.
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Funding the Kota Kinabalu
Monorail or KKMR should
not be an issue.
If Putrajaya can finance
RM36 billion for the Greater
Klang Valley Monorail
Transit, there is no reason
for the federal government
not to finance up to RM12
to RM15 billion to build the
KKMR.
The Sabah government
should build a new monorail
transport system in Kota
Kinabalu to alleviate the
traffic jams, especially during
rush-hours.
STAR Sabah chairman Datuk
Dr Jeffrey Kitingan made
the call when responding to
the statement of Industrial
Development Minister Datuk
Raymond Tan Shu Kiah on
considering the building
of trams for Kota Kinabalu
during the courtesy visit
by the new counsel and
vice-counsels from China
recently.
Jeffrey said the government
owes the people a social
responsibility to address the
social needs of the growing
population, especially in
Kota Kinabalu
He said the Chief Minister
last week said that the
government would make
all cities in Sabah “liveable”
cities, so all growing cities
need to solve the everpresent traffic congestion
problems.
This is more so in the
case of Sabah which is a
world-renowned tourist
destination with a growing
and thriving tourism industry
with yearly increasing
tourist arrivals, he said in a
statement yesterday.
“We should not be putting
off foreign tourists from
visiting Kota Kinabalu due to
bad traffic jams.
“Building two or three
more flyovers, although
they are badly needed
especially in Inanam and
the intersections along
Jalan Lintas in the city, may
reduce traffic jams but they
do not resolve the problem
long term.
“What is needed for Kota
Kinabalu is a good public
transportation system!” he
stressed.
According to Jeffrey, a
monorail public transport
system is a proven system.
If not, there is no reason for
the federal government to
invest RM36 billion to build
the Greater Klang Valley
Monorail Transit System.
The Kota Kinabalu Monorail
can link the Kota Kinabalu
city centre to major centres
in 1 Borneo, University
Malaysia Sabah, KKIP,
Karambunai Nexus and
Sepanggar and back to
Donggongon and Putatan
and include stops at Likas
Hospital, State Museum,
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
and the Kota Kinabalu
International Airport.
The construction an