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GEORGE TOWN: The I-Island I (PIL I) 19.5 km link project from Gurney Drive to the airport will have tunnels wherever it passes through the foothills.
But there is a green lung, the highway, which is part of the Penang Transportation Master Plan, can not avoid – the Penang Municipal Park.
An elevated section of the highway will pass through the carefully created urban park in 1972.
To reduce the number of pillars to support the elevated section, the contractor will use guy wires, thus creating a bridge from Penang. Sosalike on the park.
"If that could have been avoided, our consultants would have avoided City Park," Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow told reporters yesterday.
With the shrouds, this 480m section will have only two pillars planted on the grounds. from the park, with the six-lane highway that lies between 20 and 30 m high
Open for comments: The link offered between Gurney Drive and the airport.
While many non-governmental groups criticized the design on Facebook, Chow said that the preservation of the environment around PIL I would be the priority, and that the plan had the least socio-economic impact.
Project delivery SRS Consortium project director Szeto Wai Loong said that noise barriers would be installed along the section of the park's highway.
He also gave assurance that there would be no cuts in hills or erosion.
"The tunnel will be expensive but we have to do it because the hills are sensitive areas," he said.
With a speed limit of 70 km / h for cars, the PIL I will take Gurney Drive motorists to the airport. 15 minutes in comparison with up to 90 minutes on a bad day of traffic on the streets of George Town.
The detailed environmental impact assessment can now be viewed in 10 localities from Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur and Penang until August 10th.
A summary can be obtained from www.doe.gov.my www.wirandamsdnbhd.com or www.penang.gov.my or www.pgmasterplan.penang.gov.my.
The public may submit their views in writing to the Ministry of the Environment before August 24.
A copy of the report is also available for sale for RM1,000 from the EIA Project Consultant, Wiranda (M) Sdn Bhd.
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