PUTRAJAYA: Travel to the low-cost terminal from KL International Airport will be easier and faster as the Government has in principle approved the construction of a railway track between the two terminals.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced yesterday that once the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) had completed a study on the cost and decided whether it should be government funded, the project would take off.

The Cabinet committee on public transportation has agreed in principle that a rail track be built between the two terminals, he told reporters after chairing the committee meeting here.Travelling time will be reduced to 11 minutes from the present 20 minutes by bus.

Najib declined to announce the financing involved, saying the EPU would be working with the Transport Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the Public Works Department before deciding on the track model, and would present its decision at the next committee meeting.

The Deputy Prime Minister also said the committee was briefed by representatives from MMC Corp Bhd and Gamuda Bhd on the electrified double tracking project from Ipoh to Padang Besar.

The Government had in 2004 postponed the project because of pressing financial needs, but has now decided to revive it.

Najib said the project would be carried out as a Private Funding Initiative under the 9th Malaysia Plan.

(News extract from http://thestar.com.my)