Prasarana, Scomi settle monorail project disputes
Prasarana and Scomi Engineering Bhd have reached a settlement over several legal suits against each other in the past few years, with regard to the Kuala Lumpur monorail service.
Prasarana is the operator of monorail service while Scomi was tasked with building the train sets.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced today that both companies have agreed to go ahead with the refurbishment and purchase of monorail, at a total cost of RM303 million...
Prasarana and Scomi Engineering Bhd have reached a settlement over several legal suits against each other in the past few years, with regard to the Kuala Lumpur monorail service.
Prasarana is the operator of the monorail service, while Scomi was tasked with building the train sets.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced today that both companies have agreed to proceed with the refurbishment and purchase of monorail train sets, at a total cost of RM303 million.
According to the agreement, Scomi will repair five grounded monorail train sets for RM181 million, and supply an additional seven monorail train sets for RM122 million.
According to Loke, the entire package will be completed within 30 months from today, when a signing ceremony took place between the two companies in Scomi's headquarters in Sungai Choh, Rawang.
“The cabinet meeting dated Jan 9, 2019, decided to settle the dispute with Scomi and continue with the project.
“In order to settle the issue, Scomi needs to finish the repair of five four-car sets, which have been grounded in the depot. It should be completed within months in order to continue the service.
“If they can finish the refurbishment, we will continue the project by further purchasing seven new monorails set from Scomi,” Loke said.
He added that with the new deal, all court action between the two parties will be withdrawn.
Furthermore, the minister hoped the refurbishment and further purchase will improve the existing monorail service in the city.
Overcrowded and delayed
During a visit to the KL Monorail depot last October, Loke revealed that five four-car sets in operation since 2016 were involved in eight accidents since.
As a result, the four-car sets were retired and in turn impacted the monorail service. Passengers had complained about delays and overcrowded cars.
In 2011, Prasarana had engaged Scomi to undertake its KL Monorail fleet expansion plan.
For RM494 million, Scomi was tasked with delivering 12 new four-car monorail trains, construct a new depot, instal a new signalling system and upgrade KL monorail stations by July 2013.
However, the deal did not go smoothly with Prasarana complaining about a delay in the delivery of the new sets, while Scomi alleged they had not been paid accordingly for the work.
Following this, both parties had engaged multiple lawsuits against each other.
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