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‘Why the worst infrastructure gets built’

 Accountability, Development issues, Public transport, Sustainable development  29 Responses »
Mar 232012
 

When big ticket infrastructure projects such as highways, tunnels, bridges and airports are pushed through, the lack of proper business plans and robust cost-benefit analyses is often glaring.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 11.49pm  Tagged with: cost-benefit analysis, highways, infrastructure, tunnel

Oh no, not monorail again – this time for Butterworth

 Development issues, Public transport  12 Responses »
Mar 212012
 

First, grand designs for a tunnel, and now plans for a monorail for the Butterworth-Bagan Ajam-Kepala Batas and the Butterworth-Sungai Dua-Tasek Gelugor routes.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 11.54am  Tagged with: Butterworth, local plan, MPSP

Tunnel, highways: Did the Penang government consult the public?

 Public transport, Sustainable development  50 Responses »
Mar 132012
 

The tunnel and highway projects will have an impact not only along Gurney Drive, but across much of the north, east and south-east of the Island – and the mainland at Bagan Ajam.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 2.45pm  Tagged with: masterplan, Penang, rapid penang, traffic, transport

Penang tunnel, highway projects: CM’s meetings with NGOs

 Accountability, Civil society, Public transport  36 Responses »
Mar 092012
 

Some hoo-ha in the press about whether the state government really consulted NGOs regarding the highway and tunnel projects in Penang.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 11.56am  Tagged with: CAP, highway, Penang, tunnel

KL-Singapore high-speed rail link for ‘under RM30bn’?

 Asean, Public transport  11 Responses »
Mar 052012
 

Reports in the media have suggested that plans for a multi-billion ringgit high-speed rail service from Singapore to KL are being resurrected.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 2.23pm  Tagged with: high-speed rail, kuala lumpur, Singapore, trains
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