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Jeffrey Kitingan who once headed the Institute for Development Studies which did a study on the city’s transportation needs opines that the Sabah government should not be afraid to demand development funds for the LRT project since the state would be contributing an additional RM8.70 billion in oil and gas revenue to Petronas and the federal government in 2014. “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,” he said. “And 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 Kota Kinabalu Monorail,” he adds. Kota Kinabalu City elevated bus station - artist’s impression But is spending all that money on implementing a LRT system really worth it? According to Mayor Datuk Abidin M