Transport Secretary Raimundo do Rosário admits system is ‘expensive’ but insists Macao’s public transport needs to be improved; no figures released yet.
Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Reclaimed area earmarked for public housing projects, with commercial facilities that will benefit SMEs, plus a ‘new coastal urban landscape’.
Macao government also considers other major infrastructure projects such as extending airport and dredging coastal waters to accommodate more aircraft and larger ships.
The Macao government opened today a public tender for the main construction of the Seac Pai Van Line of the light rail.
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said Tuesday he expects a fully government-owned company tasked with the construction and operation of Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) system to be set up before the middle of this year.
The Legislative Assembly (AL) Tuesday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the future operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, which proposes that passengers violating LRT rules will face a fine of up to 10,000 patacas.
In a hard-hitting report published Thursday, the Commission of Audit (CA) says that the estimated construction cost for the eight sections of Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) system that the government has planned for the short, medium and long terms amounts to at least 50 billion patacas (US$ 6.25 billion)
The Executive Council has announced that the government has drafted a bill regulating the future operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, which proposes that anyone violating the rules listed in this future new LRT law will face a fine of up to 10,000 patacas.
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that it has rejected an appeal by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On against a ruling by the Court of Second Instance (TSI) in March, which determined that the government would need to reassess the rival quotations submitted by seven construction companies for the construction of the depot of the Light Rail Transit (LRT).
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