Government spends MOP85 mln on LRT station

By
Annie Lao

Total expenditure on the unfinished station for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) amounted to MOP85 million (US$10.64 million), reports local Chinese broadcast media TDM Radio following a Friday meeting of the Legislative Assembly’s Public Affairs Monitoring Committee. The figure was said to already have taken into account penalties paid by contractors who were fined and terminated for not completing work on time, revealed committee president Mak Soi Kun after attending the meeting.
According to Mr. Mak, some of the contractors have already completed part of the works on the station for the LRT and the new design of the building can still make use of a number of the materials from the previous contractors, including supplies such as steel. The second phase of the LRT station is still under design and will enter into public tender once all contracts are finalised. The LRT is reportedly scheduled to be up and running in 2019.