Socio-economic impact of Light Rail Transit (LRT3) project towards public users in Klang Valley/ Ainun Fikriah Ibrahim ... [et al.]

Infrastructure projects play an important role in the country’s development. To cater to the population growth in a city, the infrastructure was forced to face urban development and expansion. Therefore, the LRT 3 project is undergoing expansion in lines and an additional number of routes. However, LRT 3 project can affect socio-economic development continuously in various aspects such as business operations, market trends, policy on trade and industry and social welfare of society for instance creating negative impacts on social nuisance towards public users. The objective of this research is to identify the socio-economic impacts of the LRT3 project at Shah Alam locality. This research is carried out based on a thorough study of the literature review and the use of a questionnaire survey as the instrument for the quantitative method. A set of questionnaires has been distributed to the public that has been greatly affected by the LRT 3 project in Shah Alam locality. The questionnaire has been distributed to a total of 102 respondents in the area. The average mean is analysed by using the SPSS 23.0 software and is ranked with the average index scale of agreement. Positive results have been obtained in relation to the objectives of the study. The findings show that the majority of the respondents agree with all the variables set out for the socio-economic impacts of LRT 3 towards the public such as ease of access to other places, increase property value and create business activities. Therefore, based on the findings, the government shall imply more infrastructure development as it can benefit the public’s socio-economic development in many ways.