KUCHING: Sarawak DAP supports various development projects in Sarawak, including the construction of the autonomous rail transit (ART).
However, its chairman Chong Chieng Jen said, with every development, there must be greater accountability and transparency especially when it involves public funds.
He said this would include supporting needed upgrades to our existing public transport system, but it must be feasible and pragmatic to the people, and will not put an excessive financial burden on our future generations.
“It is crucial and necessary for us to better understand the full construction master plan, traffic management plan during construction, estimated ridership, and of course economic feasibility of the whole project itself,” he said this in a press statement today after paying a visit to Sarawak Metro booth at Centre for Technology Excellence Sarawak (CENTEX).
Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii and Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong were among those who visited the booth with Chong.
Chong, who is also the Stampin MP and Padungan assemblyman said the project, which proposed a two-line hybrid metro, was part of the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS).
It is being developed by the government-owned Sarawak Metro.
He said Phase 1 of the ART consists of two lines and 27 stations covering approximately 52 kilometres in distance, and expected to be run on hydrogen.
“In order to understand the project better, my office has also written officially into the Sarawak Metro headquarters at Ariva Gateway Kuching for a more in depth briefing on the whole project and also to keep the public informed of it,” he said.
“We hope to hear from them soon as we all play our part for a better Sarawak and to ensure our people benefit directly from all these developments,” he added.
