Food for thought for those intent on building the Pan Island Link Highway and other highways along the hills of Penang.
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Concerned Penangites have scored a huge psychological victory in a battle of online petitions on the mega transport plans for the state.
It was only earlier this month that the transport minister had said that the proposed elevated LRT might not be the best option for Penang.
Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin may have charmed many Malaysians with her candour and knowledge and the breath of fresh air she has brought to ministerial ranks.
Developments over the past 100 days of Pakatan Harapan rule have given us some hope that we are on the march towards not just a more developed Malaysia, but one that upholds freedom, justice and solidarity.
Make sure you head down to Spice for the ‘town hall’ meeting with the Department of Environment on Thursday, 22 20 September at 8pm regarding the EIA for the RM8bn 19.5km six-lane Pan Island Link, which includes 10.1km of tunnels.
Soil scientist Dr Kam Suan Pheng writes in response to a letter that appeared in the press:
After some uncertainty as to whether it would proceed as planned, a talk on the proposed RM8bn six-lane Pan Island Link and other highways in Penang will take place at Cenpris, USM on Tuesday at 3pm.
The calm and tranquility of two popular parks in Penang will be destroyed if plans proceed for an elevated six-lane Pan Island Link Highway that will slice through these green lungs.
These powerful remarks were made by Katherine Egland, chairperson of the environmental and climate justice committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who was visiting Penang over the last few days. She was speaking at a Penang Forum talk for the tourism industry discussing SRS Consortium’s RM46bn mega transport proposal, in particular the six-lane Pan Island Link highway:
If a short stretch of road on the hill slopes of Tanjung Bungah, near Chee Seng Garden, has turned out like this, what is in store for us when work starts on the 19.5km six-lane Pan Island Link highway, much of it will hug the hills of Penang?