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Cargo handling segment encouraged to use ECRL, improve road safety - Loke

07 Apr 2023 05:07pm
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Anthony
KUANTAN - The Ministry of Transport (MOT) is encouraging the cargo handling segment from the east coast to the Klang Valley to use the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) service instead of the highway, once it starts operating in early 2027.

Its Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the matter is one of MOT's important policies, which sees the medium of transport as not only cost-saving and environmentally friendly, but also improves the level of road safety.

"This can reduce the number of large vehicles plying the route between the east coast and the Klang Valley, with most of them passing through the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway. When passing through areas such as Genting Sempah, it can cause severe congestion and the demographics in the area can also be dangerous.

"One of the things we will emphasise (in the use of ECRL) is the unloading of goods between Port Klang and Kuantan Port, and not just focus on passengers,” he said at a press conference after attending the 10th Anniversary of the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP) here today.

Also present were Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail and Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Liew Chin Tong. - BERNAMA
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