[Apr 2019]

Very good read up, on Penang island scenario. We rakyat are asking the same 'transparency and project selection criteria for PJ'  also, just like what Lim MH is asking the Penang govt in 2019. 

On June 9, 2014, Yeo Bee Yin, then a state assemblyman in Selangor, wrote in DAP’s The Rocket that if the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) were to be built, it would cost RM2.4 billion or RM161 million per km, making it by far the most expensive highway in Malaysia.

According to the data provided, the most expensive highway then was the RM751 million Ampang-KL Elevated Highway at RM95 million per km.

DAP and Yeo were dead against Kidex because “it cuts across mature townships incurring the highest construction cost per km”.

They said that “it warrants close scrutiny and greater transparency and must show to the people that the benefits of Kidex outweigh the cost with no better option (such as public transport) before making the final decisions…”

More below.