All clear for Malaysia's coast-to-coast rail link after impasse resolved

A photo from Aug 28, 2018, shows a billboard advertising Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link in Kuantan. PHOTO: ST FILE
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KUALA LUMPUR - The federal and Selangor governments have finally agreed on a deal to end more than a year of impasse over the route that the RM50 billion (S$16.2 billion) East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) will take through Malaysia's richest state.

Official sources told The Straits Times that an agreement will be inked on Thursday (Dec 2) to proceed with a revised northern alignment put forward by the Umno-led federal government.

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