Penang paired roads project to start in 2019

GEORGE TOWN: The proposed three paired roads project in the Penang Transport Master Plan will cut across 21 rivers, 35 sensitive areas and 54 areas with noise impact.

State Public Works Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the roads, about 20km in length, would take about seven years to complete.

He said construction work would kick off with package Two — from Air Itam to the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway (LCE) — by the first quarter of next year.

Package One is from Tanjung Bungah to Teluk Bahang (also known as the North Coast Paired Road).

Package Three is from Jalan Pangkor-Gurney Drive junction to LCE.