Ambitious plans to build the Malacca Straits bridge in Malaysia’s Malacca state have received a boost from a senior Danish diplomat.
After meeting with Denmark's ambassador to Malaysia Nicolai Ruge, who said that his country had the engineering capacity and expertise to deliver the project, Malacca state’s chief minister, Idris Haron, said that it was possible the planned structure over the Malacca Straits could proceed.
The idea of the 48.69km bridge – which would link Teluk Gong in Malacca with Dumai in Sumatra, Indonesia - was first put forward in 1995. However, enthusiasm waned during the Asian financial crisis two years later. In 2006, plans for the bridge were revived by Malacca state, with studies indicating that the project was feasible on a technological level. In 2006, it was estimated that the bridge would cost US$13.61 billion (MYR 44.3 billion), with the6018 EXIM Bank of China agreeing to provide financing for 85% of the project cost. The latest plans to revive the proposal to build the bridge were made in October 2013.
Haron said that finer details of the Malacca Straits bridge project will be unveiled after the completion of a viability study and engineering analysis.
After meeting with Denmark's ambassador to Malaysia Nicolai Ruge, who said that his country had the engineering capacity and expertise to deliver the project, Malacca state’s chief minister, Idris Haron, said that it was possible the planned structure over the Malacca Straits could proceed.
The idea of the 48.69km bridge – which would link Teluk Gong in Malacca with Dumai in Sumatra, Indonesia - was first put forward in 1995. However, enthusiasm waned during the Asian financial crisis two years later. In 2006, plans for the bridge were revived by Malacca state, with studies indicating that the project was feasible on a technological level. In 2006, it was estimated that the bridge would cost US$13.61 billion (MYR 44.3 billion), with the
Haron said that finer details of the Malacca Straits bridge project will be unveiled after the completion of a viability study and engineering analysis.
