Landasan 1km menghubungkan KLIA dan KLIA2 berharga RM100 juta...

 

Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Wang Negara (PAC) mempersoal mengapa pembayar cukai perlu membayar kira-kira RM100 juta untuk penyambungan KLIA Express bagi menghubungkan Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) dan KLIA2 dengan jarak hanya satu kilometer.

KLIA Express ialah sistem Express Rail Link (ERL) yang kini berfungsi menghubungkan KL Sentral dan Putrajaya Sentral.

"Walaupun jaraknya hanya satu kilometer tetapi kos pembinaannya yang dibiayai oleh kerajaan adalah RM100 juta.

"Lepas itu, masih lagi dikenakan bayaran untuk airport transfer dari KLIA to klia2. Kita pun nak tanya apa rasional memberikan pampasan atau membayar kos penyambungan ini," kata Pengerusi PAC Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed dalam sidang medianya petang ini.- mk

Why the RM100 million price tag for a 1km line link between KLIA and KLIA2

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned why taxpayers have to fork out some RM100 million for the extension of the KLIA Express to link KL International Airport (KLIA) and KLIA2 over a distance of only 1km.

KLIA Express is a Express Rail Link (ERL) system which currently links KL Sentral and Putrajaya Sentral.

"Even though the distance is only 1km, the construction cost footed by the government is RM100 million.

"Furthermore, passengers will still be charged for airport transfer between KLIA and KLIA2," PAC chairperson Nur Jazlan Mohamed told a press conference this afternoon.

Nur Jazlan said the link should have been included as part of the KLIA2 project as it is within the same area.

 

"We want to know the rationale for (the government) having to foot this construction cost," he said.

 

Nur Jazlan said the PAC learnt that passengers will be charged RM2 for using the link.

 

He noted passengers who use the full length of the ERL are already charged RM35 for a one-way trip and its operator can easily recoup the cost.

 

Nur Jazlan said this matter was also put to AirAsia's top leadership who testified before the PAC today. The PAC is investigating why the cost of KLIA2 had ballooned from RM2 billion to RM4 billion.

  

"We also wanted to know their opinion on this," he said.

"PAC also wants to know, the government controls MAS (Malaysia Airlines), MAHB and at the same time, why MAS continues to record losses while AirAsia continues to rake in profits," he said.- mk