KUALA LUMPUR (Mar 17): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd said the RM634 million Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)-Sunway Line project, now at 88% completed as at March 3, is on track to be completed on June 9 this year.

The project, which was initiated under a public private partnership (PPP) programme between Prasarana and Sunway Bhd, is the first of its kind in Malaysia and the first elevated BRT development in Southeast Asia.

"We are confident that it will be completed by early-June 2015," Prasarana group managing director Azmi Abdul Aziz told pressmen during a visit to the project site today.

He added that the project will be a benchmark for other BRT developments in the region, and that Prasarana is aiming to achieve the ‘gold standard’ of the US-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, which sets standards for BRT developments around the world.

On the fare to be charged, Azmi said the fare structure has yet to be finalised, as it is still being discussed with the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).

Looking ahead, Azmi said SPAD has identified several other potential areas for other BRT lines.

"If you refer to SPAD's public transport masterplan, there are already other lines that have been identified for BRT to be developed in the Klang Valley area," he said.

However, he declined to comment on the investment cost of the future BRT lines.

The BRT-Sunway Line project stretches 5.4km from the Setia Jaya KTM Komuter station to the USJ7 LRT Station, with seven stations spaced approximately 900 metres apart.