The six-lane highway will now go below the funicular railway (instead of over it), increasing the total length of all the tunnel stretches from over 7km to over 10km along the 19.5km route. (Did someone just realise how ludicrous it would look for the highway to fly over the hill railway?)
Women protest against mega highway over Sungai Ara Linear Park
Here it comes. A groundswell of protest is building up against the extravagant plan for an RM8bn 19.5km six-lane highway, which will mar the beauty and tranquility of the Sungai Ara Linear Park and the Penang Youth Park and affect hundreds of homes and businesses on the island.
Before the bitter PIL, there was PORR: What they said in 2002
Before the current plan for an extravagant RM8bn 19.5km six-lane Pan Island Link (PIL) highway, there was the RM1.0bn 17km four-lane Penang Outer Ring Road project, which was eventually scrapped following an outcry from the then opposition party in Penang, the DAP.
12 eateries in Penang shut down – so much for xenophobia
Many Malaysians have this perception that eating places staffed by foreign workers are less hygienic.
International banker slams method used to implement transport masterplan
An overseas-bases international banker working with a prominent global financial institution has criticised the Request for Proposals procurement method used to select a project delivery partner to implement the Halcrow masterplan.
Alert: They are trying to push through that RM8bn six-lane highway
Calling all Penangites: While the rest of the world is turning to more sustainable forms of urban mobility especially in view of climate change, here we are in Penang going backwards.
A birthday celebration with a twist in the new Malaysia
Cute video above. I don’t think such a warm clip would have been possible – it wouldn’t have been so relaxed and natural – in the old Malaysia. But you can see what we have missed all these years just by watching the above clip.
Penang transport masterplan: Need for a relook
Our guest writer today is former Penang Island City Councillor Lim Mah Hui, who will be writing a six-part series about the Penang transport masterplan. This is the first instalment.
Penang youth launch campaign for better public transport
So this was where I was. While much of George Town was in the midst of world heritage celebrations, I decided to check out a group of youth at Speakers’ Square who decided to mark the day by launching a campaign for a better masterplan for public transport in Penang.
Jamal lands up in jail
Hopefully others will think twice about playing up and manipulating issues of race and religion in the new Malaysia.