Media Statement by Yeo Bee Yin, DAP
State Assemblywoman of Damansara Utama, on Sunday 8 Jun 2014, in Petaling Jaya.
Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (KIDEX) will incur the highest
construction cost per km for tolled roads in Malaysia history, with a total cost
of more than RM 3 billion.
If KIDEX is to be constructed, the 14.9km highway with a construction cost of RM2.4 billion, will incur the highest construction cost per km in Malaysia tolled roads history, costing us RM 161 million per km. (See table below for construction cost per km for existing toll roads).
In
addition, the price tag RM 2.4 billion has not included the land acquisition
cost.
Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment of KIDEX
states that 290 lots of land with a total of 15.15 hectares will have to be
acquired to make way for the construction of the highway.
According to the current market value of the lands
along the proposed alignment, it is estimated that it will cost about RM 700
million to RM 1 billion to conduct such scale of land acquisition according to
the procedures stated in Land Acquisition Act.
This will add up the total cost of KIDEX to RM 3.1
billion to RM 3.4 billion.
An elevated highway that cuts through a mature
township, incurring the highest construction cost per km and costs more than RM
3 billion of rakyat monies warrants close scrutiny and greater transparency.
Both the state and federal government, which have
given “approval in principle” and “conditional approval” respectively, must
show to the people that the benefits of KIDEX indeed outweighs the cost with no
better option (such as public transport) before making the final decision on
whether to approve the project.
We
urge for greater transparency and accountability from both the state and
federal government to the general public, especially those whose lives will be
affected by the highway.
List
of Tolled Roads
|
Cost
of Construction (RM million)
|
Length
of Highway (km)
|
Cost
per km (RM million)
|
North-South Expressway (NSE Northern Route)
|
5,945
|
456.0
|
13.04
|
New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE)
|
1,000
|
35.0
|
28.57
|
Second Link Expressway
|
1,149
|
47.0
|
24.45
|
Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS)
|
1,300
|
34.5
|
37.68
|
Central Link (ELITE)
|
1,000
|
63.0
|
15.87
|
Cheras-Kajang Expressway
|
336
|
11.5
|
29.22
|
Karak Expressway
|
568
|
60.0
|
9.47
|
New Pantai Expressway
|
1,360
|
19.6
|
69.39
|
Damansara Puchong Expressway (LDP)
|
1,327
|
40.0
|
33.18
|
Ampang KL Elevated Highway (AKLEH)
|
751
|
7.9
|
95.06
|
Kemuning-Shah Alam Highway (LKSA)
|
750
|
14.7
|
51.02
|
Butterworth Kulim Expressway (BKE)
|
256
|
17.0
|
15.06
|
Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)
|
480
|
12.1
|
39.67
|
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK)
|
800
|
37.0
|
21.62
|
Maju Expressway (MEX)
|
1,320
|
26.0
|
50.77
|
Kajang Seremban Highway (LEKAS)
|
900
|
44.3
|
20.32
|
Senai Desaru Expressway (SDE)
|
1,300
|
77.0
|
16.88
|
Sprint Expressway
|
1,184
|
26.5
|
44.68
|
KL Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR)
|
958
|
33.0
|
29.03
|
South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE)
|
1,100
|
51.0
|
21.57
|
Seremban Port Dickson Highway
|
142
|
23.0
|
6.17
|
Duta Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE)
|
1,166
|
18.0
|
64.78
|
Guthrie Corridor Expressway
|
501
|
25.0
|
20.04
|
Related News Links:
1. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/proposed-elevated-highway-would-be-costliest-ever-to-build-says-selangor-re
2.http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/265109
3.http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/06/09/bill-for-kidex-likely-to-soar-to-rm3-4b/
4. http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=298492:shocking-kidex-the-highest-construction-cost-per-km-yet-khalid-is-full-of-praises-why&Itemid=2#axzz3498u1vtl
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