Yesterday, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim relayed the good news by announcing that the Federal Government would set aside an allocation for Penang to have its first LRT.
“We will allocate the necessary funds so that the state government can expedite the implementation of the LRT,” he said in his speech during the Malaysia Madani Hari Raya open house at Universiti Teknologi Mara Permatang Pauh near here. The Prime Minister also agreed that traffic congestion in Penang was bad and that it was time for the state to have a new transportation network like in Klang Valley.
Separately, Loke confirmed Anwar’s commitment that the Federal Government would fund the LRT project.
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