The Kota Kinabalu Line () is a proposed

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(LRT) system network in

Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu (; formerly known as Jesselton), colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is also the capital of the Kota Kinabalu District as well as the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the ...

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, as one of the method to ease

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in the city. The proposal has been considered, and as reported in the government website, the project was in the

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process under the Kota Kinabalu development plan. The current under construction project of the '' Aeropod'' rail station in Tanjung Aru also has made a provision for LRT in their plan. In early 2017, an assemblyman from Inanam Roland Chia stressed the importance of having an LRT system to solve the present traffic congestion in Kota Kinabalu which is getting worse. Proposing to the government to look at examples from other

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cities such as in

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and the

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which provide rail transport on the basis of need rather than population size. As a response, the state government is looking to study the proposal with the state capital mayor who claims the project must be effective and bring economic returns. Following the change of government in 2018, the new federal government through Deputy Works Minister

Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir Mohd Anuar bin Mohd Tahir ( Jawi: محمد انوار بن محمد طاهر) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Works in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former ...

has stated in early 2019 that LRT will still be on the state development plan. The priority will be given first to complete the road networks in Sabah. On 27 August 2019, the

Kota Kinabalu City Hall The Kota Kinabalu City Hall (, abbreviated DBKK) is the city council which administers the city and district of Kota Kinabalu in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a o ...

(DBKK) has submitted a proposal to build LRT or mass rapid transit (MRT) to the federal government. The city authorities are currently waiting for budget on the project.

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