KUALA LUMPUR (Apr 9): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, the project owner of the new Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia in Klang — estimated to cost some RM9 billion — has announced that tender documents for pre-qualified contractors bidding to be the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) are ready for collection.

In a statement today, Prasarana group managing director Azmi Abdul Aziz said pre-qualified contractors have been notified to collect the tender documents for the project at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur since yesterday.

“A number of the pre-qualified contractors have collected their tender documents yesterday. The contractors now have until 12pm on June 9, 2015 to submit their proposals to Prasarana for the assignment,” he added.

Construction is scheduled to commence in 2016 once all necessary approvals by the authorities are obtained and is expected to be completed by 2020, the statement further read.

Designed to ease traffic congestion in the Klang Valley and connected to the current LRT Kelana Jaya Line and the upcoming MRT Line 1 Sungai Buloh–Kajang, the proposed alignment of the LRT3 is currently being finalised by the Land Public Transport Commission.

LRT3 aims to connect Bandar Utama to Klang, covering 36km, and will comprise 25 new stations.

Prasarana, which is 100%-owned by the government, is the asset owner and operator of the country’s two LRT networks and the KL monorail, in addition to the bus services of RapidKL, RapidPenang and RapidKuantan.