Second Penang link too costly From: New Straits Times | Date: April 17, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Mimi Syed Yusof
New Straits Times
04-17-2005
Second Penang link too costly
Byline: Mimi Syed Yusof
Edition: New Sunday Times

IPOH, Sat. - Construction of the second bridge linking Penang and the

mainland is off for now.
Instead, the Government will go ahead with plans to widen the 13.5km

Penang Bridge from four lanes to six with a two-metre road shoulder on

each side, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said today.

Although a second link is necessary as traffic on the Penang Bridge had

reached critical levels, the Government felt that the project, at RM2.6

billion, was too costly, he ...

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