Feasibility study for Penang tunnel still incomplete, says CM
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has refuted a news report on the status of a feasibility study for the proposed undersea tunnel in the state.
Speaking to reporters in Komtar today, Chow said that despite the developer completing its report, related documentation has yet to be vetted by state-appointed independent checking engineers (ICE)...
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has refuted a news report on the status of a feasibility study for the proposed undersea tunnel in the state.
Speaking to reporters in Komtar today, Chow said that despite the developer completing its report, related documentation has yet to be vetted by state-appointed independent checking engineers (ICE).
“We have not received the final report, so the study is not complete. We have to receive the final report.
“We have appointed the ICE to represent the government to vet the technical designs," he said.
The chief minister was responding to The Malaysian Insight reporting earlier today that the feasibility study for the tunnel project had long been completed.
The study has long been a bone of contention between the Penang government and opposition leaders, as the latter questioned its staggering RM305 million cost.
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Fadillah Yusof, the works minister at the time, previously claimed the study was too costly, while the Penang government clarified that the cost also included a study for three paired roads.
Before the 14th general election, tunnel contractor Consortium Zenith Constructions Sdn Bhd said the study was about 95 percent completed.
The RM6.3 billion project has been dogged by controversy since it was announced by the Penang government in 2013.
The project consists of a 7.2km undersea tunnel linking Butterworth to Penang island, as well as three paired roads, and is slated for completion in 2027.
We need LRT.... The traffic in Penang is getting ridiculous...
I remember only too clearly our former Chief Minister explaining that Penang had to go for the tunnel because the Federal Government will not consider a third bridge.By going for the tunnel the Penang Government need not require Federal approval.If this correct,now that BN is no more the Government,why dont the Penang Government raise the issue of the third bridge.Wouldnt it make more sense to buils something considerably cheaper??BTW is Penang premise that they will raise the necessary funds for the Transport Masterplan by reclaiming 3 islands and selling the land,valid now.I hope the present Chief Minister is aware that the overhang of high end properties in Penang is currently more than 3200 units.Does it make sense to build billions of new high end properties.Please forget you EG and think of the long term consequencies
Arrest the CM for raping Mother Nature in Penang! Gulingkan the DAP regime!