TRX City awards RM38.5m contract to Gadang

TRX City Sdn Bhd, the master developer of the upcoming international financial district Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), has awarded Gadang Engineering (M) Bhd a RM38.5 million contract to build a vehicular and pedestrian bridge connecting its North and South parcels.

It said Gadang would construct the main bridge deck over Jalan Sultan Ismail that would link two sections — the 23.07ha North parcel, which was under construction, and the 5.26ha South Parcel.

“The 67-meter single span bridge will also include a cantilevered structure to accommodate pedestrian walkway and a utility corridor located within the truss system to host power and other utilities connections,” it said in a statement yesterday.

As the future central business district of Kuala Lumpur, and its most accessible district, TRX City said seamless connectivity was a vital part of TRX.

TRX features an integrated MRT interchange station that hosts Sungai Buloh-Kajang line and the Sungai Buloh-SerdangPutrajaya line.

This is further supported by direct links to major thoroughfares, such as Jalan Tun Razak, the MEX highway, SMART Tunnel and upcoming DUKE 3 (Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway).

Along with the public and private transport linkages, the pedestrian connectivity in TRX via its North West Plaza off Jalan Imbi ensures a direct link between the financial district and shopping belt in Bukit Bintang.

With Menara Prudential and the Exchange 106 at the final stages of completion, TRX City expect the first tenants of the financial district to move in by middle of the year.

The new headquarters for HSBC Malaysia and Affin Bank are currently under construction and expected to be ready in 2020.

The Exchange TRX, a lifestyle development jointly developed by Lendlease and TRXC, is expected to be ready in 2021.