The Sunway Construction’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – Sunway Line project has bagged the Urban Planning and Mobility Award at the 2016 International Road Federation (IRF) Global Road Achievement Awards at a special ceremony held during the 2nd IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition.
The Award ceremony had recognised 12 innovative projects from around the world, demonstrating leadership across major road and highway disciplines.
The selection was made by an international panel of senior road development specialists.
The 5.4km BRT-Sunway Line is a private-public partnership (PPP) between Prasarana Malaysia Berhad and Sunway Berhad; with Sunway investing RM123 million of the RM634 million total to complete the project as part of its social responsibility.
The BRT-Sunway Line is Malaysia’s first BRT project that runs across seven stations and has a Park n’ Ride facility. It is fully-elevated and is recorded as the first-of-its-kind in the Malaysia Book of Records.
Launched on 2nd June 2015 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, a fleet of 30 eco-friendly and disabled-friendly electric buses run on the system to service a population of 300,000, mitigating congestion and acting as the missing link to the existing KTM Komuter and Kelana Jaya Line LRT stations.
Sunway Construction (SunCon) had completed the project, from design to finish, within a challenging 27 months, three weeks ahead of schedule.
This included converting a former sewer oxidation pond to a mechanised treatment plant, which is more efficient, occupies a smaller land area and reduces environmental impact to the surrounding area in terms of odour reduction and exposure of sewerage plant.
Other challenges faced including constructing the elevated structures through the road median and along densely populated areas, while ensuring minimum disruption to the public and ensuring public safety.
Mangalesri Chandrasekaran, Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact her about this or other stories email mangales@propertyguru.com.my
