The federal government should hand over both Penang bridges to the Penang state government – so that the state can use the tolls as a form of congestion pricing and finance public transport infrastructure in Penang. Continue reading »
May 032011
If you think Penang is already congested, well, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
Three more lanes of traffic will pour into Penang Island once the second bridge is completed by 2013, if all goes as scheduled – adding to the three lanes of incoming traffic on the now widened existing Penang Bridge.
And if the cross-channel tunnel project from Gurney Drive to Butterworth goes ahead, which could add another two or three lanes of incoming traffic, we could see eight to nine lanes of incoming traffic choking the island by 2020.
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Traffic jam on the Second Penang Bridge in 2020? Toll $$$ for UEM
In July 2007, the estimated cost of the second Penang bridge was RM2.7 billion.
