Kota Kinabalu Monorail

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The Kota Kinabalu Monorail is a proposed monorail line project since 2009 to be constructed in the Kota Kinabalu area by the Sabah state government. [1] [2] The proposals generated mixed reactions between mayor and politicians. [3] [4] [5] [6] As reported in the government website, the project was in the ground breaking process under the Kota Kinabalu development plan. [7]

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