Three lawmakers yesterday urged the government to dump its plan to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system on the peninsula. The trio said they were worried that the construction of the project on the peninsula would cause severe traffic jams.

Indirectly lawmakers Kou Hoi In, Cheang Chi Keong and Chui Sai Cheong suggested that instead a monorail be built along the peninsula’s coastline, pointing out that the central government has granted the local government jurisdiction over Macau’s coastal waters.

The construction of the LRT on the peninsula has never got off the ground. The government still has not announced its final decision on the LRT route on the peninsula, after the government finished a public consultation in late 2014 about its three alternative proposals for routes on the peninsula.

Indirectly-elected lawmaker Kou Hoi In speaks during yesterday’s plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle. Photo: MPDG

This image retrieved from the website of the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) last night shows the blueprint of the proposed route for the peninsula of the Light Rail Transit (LRT).

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