Now, water taxis - but no transport masterplan?

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It appears that the federal government is going ahead with a RM50 million plan to introduce water taxis and build more jetties in Penang and mainland.

Najib approved the conceptual plan in July. A month earlier, this blog had suggested that the Penang Port look into emulating Bangkok’s river buses along the Chao Phraya River.

But [...]

Porr to return, reclamation at Gurney Drive?

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Now this is alarming: not only is the 18km tolled Penang Outer Ring Road back on the cards again, the concessionaire is reportedly seeking to reclaim 61ha of land off Gurney Drive and 142ha at Middle Bank, close to the Weld Quay jetties.

When it comes to taking a stand on Porr, is there much to [...]

Latest on Penang mega projects

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This is the latest status of all the mega projects in Penang. These remarks are based on the Prime Minister’s reply to a question raised by the Penang Chief Minister in Parliament on 20 August 2008.

What the first three projects have in common is that the financial models were all messed up.

My comments and recommendations, [...]