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Report No. 929a-MA FtL CO Appraisalof FILE SecondKuala Lumpur Urban TransportProject Public Disclosure Authorized February12, 1976 Transportationand Urban ProjectsDepartment FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized International Bankfor Reconstru(:tionand Development Public Disclosure Authorized International Development Association This document hasa restrikted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performanceof their official duties.Its contents may not otherwise he disclosedwithout World Bankauthorization. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit Malaysian Dollar (M$) M$1.00 100 cents US$1.00 M$2.50 /1 M$1.00 = US$0.40 M$1 million US$400,000 MEASURES AND EQUIVALENTS 1 inch ( t ) 2.54 centimeters (cm) 1 foot (ft, ') 0.3048 meters (m) 1 mile 1.6093 kilometers (km) 1 square foot 2 (sq ft) 0.0929 square meters (m ) 1 square mile 2 (sq mile) 2.59 scuare kilometers (km ) 1 acre 0.4047 hectares (ha) 1 mile per hour(mph)= 1.6093 km per hour PRINCIPALABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Government - Federal Governmer.tof Malaysia City Hiall - Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Administration TMD - Traffic ManagementDepartment MWT - Ministry of Works and Transport PWD - Public Works Department HP & PTU - Highway Planning and Public Transport Unit UDA - Urban Development Authority pcu - Passenger Car Unit HOV - High Occupancy Vehicle LOV - Low Occupancy Vehicle UNDP - United Nations Development Program FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31 /1 From June 1973, the Malaysian dollar has floated in relation to the US dollar. The rate shown is that in effect at the time of project appraisal in July 1975 and has been used throughoutthis report. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY MALAYSIA APPRAISAL OF SECOND KUALA LUMPURURBAN TRANSPORTPROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. SUMMARYAND CONCLUSIONS .................................... li I. INTRODUCTION .........................................1 II. BACKGROUNDAND ISSUES ................................. 2 A. The New Economic Policy and Urban Development .... 2 B. Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area ... .......... 3 C. Transport in Kuala Lumpur ..... .....................5 TIII THlEPROJECT.6 II. TH POET............................................ A. Objectives ...... 6 B. Main Features . ...................................7 C. Detailed Description ...... ....................... 8 D. Cost Estimates . ...................................12 E. Execution ................ 14 F. Financing ...... .................. 14 G. Cost Recovery . ................. 15 H. Procurement and Disbursement .... 17 I. Accounts, Audit and Progress Reports .............. 18 J. Supervision ......................................18 IV. ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING ............................ 18 A. Highway Planning and Public Transport Unit ....... 19 B. Public Works Department ............ ..............20 C. Traffic Management Department ....................20 D. Housing Unit ............................................21 E. Urban Developmentnn.y.. Authority ................. 21 F. Metropolitan Planning ..................I ......... 22 V. EVALUATION AND MONITORING ............................. 23 A. Transport ............................. 23 B. Sites and Services . .. 28 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 29 This report is based on the findings and recommendations of an appraisal mission in June-July 1975 composed of Messrs. G.J. Roth (Mission Chief) and S. Sandstrom (Bank) and A. Bergan, J. Hillier and D. Williams (Consultants). The report was prepared by Mr. Sandstrom. Miss Kay J. Kim assisted in the p evaration of tables and charts. This documenthas a restricteddistribution and may be usedby recipientsonly in the performance of their official duties.Its contentsmay not otherwisebe disclosedwithout World Bank authorization. -2- ANNEXES 1. Household Income Distributionsin 1975 2. Bus Operations in the Kuala Lumpur MetropolitanArea 3. Minibus Operations 4. Parking 5. New Roads and Road Improvements 6. IntersectionImprovements, Circulation Plan and HOV Priorities 7. Area Road Pricing 8. Sites and Services/SquatterArea Upgrading 9. Project Objectives and Monitor.ng 10. Key Performance Indicators 11. Design Standards for New Roads and Interchange Ramps 12. Schedule of Estimated Disbursements 13. Project Supervision 14. Key ImplementationActions 15. Terms of Reference for Technical Assistance 16. Economic Evaluation CHARTS 1. Organizationof Highway Planning and Public Transport Unit 2. Organizationof Public Works Department 3. Organizationof Traffic Management Department 4. Summary ImplementationSchedule MAPS 1. Location of Major Project Components 2. Central Area Traffic CirculationPlan 3. Salak South Development 4. Sites and Services Component - Phase 1 MALAYSIA APPRAISAL OF SECONDKUALA LUMPURURBAN TRANSPORTPROJECT SUMMARYAND CONCLUSIONS i, This is the first urban transportproject appraisedsince publica- tion of the Bank's Sector Policy Paper on Urban Transportand conforms to the recommendationsof the paper. Its main objectiveis to increase the efficiencyof the transportsystem in Kuala Lumpur. Public transportserv- ices will be improvedwhile the use of private cars will be restrained. The present transportsystem is inefficient. It is exceptionalin its high rates of privatevehicle ownership and use. About 60% of all motorized trips are made by private transportin Kuala Lumpur, compared to 36% in Singapore,26% in Bangkok,and 10% in Istanbul. ii. Althoughthe project is essentiallyan urban transportproject, it also containsimportant components and initiativesin other urban sectors such as squatterarea upgradingand the developmentof new low cost settle- ments. These componentsare locatedin an area of Kuala Lumpur which is being opened up for developmentthrough a Bank-financedproject, the Second Highway Project. They form the first stage of a larger program initiated throughthe project to provide jobs and servicesto the urban poor. Poli- cies and institutionsare being establishedto carry out this program'both in Kuala Lumpur and in other urban areas in Malaysia. iii. The project consistsof civil works, equipmentand consulting servicesfor: (a) new roads (about7 miles) and road improvements(10 miles) with all of the capacityearmarked for exclusiveor priority use of high occupancyvehicles such as buses, minibuses,and car pools; (b) im- proved trafficengineering and control;i cy residenti-I,indiustrial, com- mercial, and agriculturalsites and servicesfor about 1,400 householdsand 150 businesses;(d) upgradingof infrastructureservices for about 2,100 squat- ter households;and (e) technicalassistance and trainingto establishand strengthena HighwayPlanning and Public TransportUnit in the Ministryof Works and Transport,a TrafficManagement Department in City Hall, and a Sites and ServicesUnit in the Urban DevelopmentAuthority. Related policy measures and actions include: (a) introductionof minibus services; (b) abolitionof the bus seat tax; (c) raisingof bus fares; (d) introductionof intersection and access prioritiesand exclusivelanes and roads for high occupancyvehicles; (e) raisingof parkingcharges; (f) introductionof an area road pricing scheme for the centralcity area; and (g) modificationof existingbuilding regula- tions in favor of low cost design standards. Measures (a), (c), (e) and (g) have already been implemented,and action on the others has been started. iv. Projectcosts total US$72 million, includingcontingencies, of which land acquisitioncosts are US$6.4 million. Foreign exchange costs are about 36% of total cost and equal the proposedUS$26 million Bank loan. Cost estimatesare based on nearly completedfinal engineeringand on recent bids for similarworks. - ii - v. The Ministry of Works and Transport will be the executing agency. The Highway Planning and Public Transport Unit of the Ministry will be responsiblefor coordinating,monitoring and reporting on the implementa- tion of the various project components by the Public Works Department of the same Ministry, City Hall, and the Urban DevelopmentAuthority. vi. The proposed Bank loan of US$26 million would be made to the Government of Malaysia. The loan would finance 36% of project cost with the balance of US$46 million provided by the Government. The Bank loan and the Government contributionwould be for (a) direct Government expenditures (US$63.9 million), (b) a Government grant to City Hall (US$3.5 million), (c) a Government loan to City Hall (US$4.0million), and (d) a Government grant to the Urban DevelopmentAuthority (US$0.6million). vii. Contracts for civil works and equipment with an estimated total value of US$42 million (64% of total project cost excluding land acquisi- tion) would be let under internationalcompetitive bidding. It is expected that contracts for about US$20 million would go to foreign bidders. Civil works contracts for traffic engineering,sites and services and squatter area upgrading with a total value of US$13.5 million (21% of total project cost) would be awarded after local competitivebidding. These works are relatively small, in scattered locations,and of such character that they would not attract foreign bidders. All bidding will be in accordance with Bank guidelines. Retroactive Bank financing is estimated to amount to about US$0.8 million, mainly for consultants' services for feasibility and engineering studies. viii. The economic rate of return is estimated at about 30% for the transport and sites and services components. The greatly increased efficiency of the transport system that will be achieved through the project