Opening of the second Penang bridge moved to October
The bridge project developer is Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd (JKSB).
Its public relations and communications deputy manager Azizi Azizan said the bridge was supposed to open in September but the opening had now been deferred to October.
“The company would like to complete the construction of the ramp and ground works of the section of flyover ramp before finally opening the project in October,” he said when contacted yesterday.
Azizi said a proposal would be submitted to the Penang Municipal Council and the Public Works Department this week to continue with the closure of the 2km stretch from the junction of Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway and Hilir Sungai Kluang 1 in Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone Phase Four until October to facilitate the ground works.
He said the company had a meeting with the relevant departments yesterday to inform them that it would be submitting the proposal.
The 2km stretch was closed after a section of the flyover ramp to the second Penang bridge collapsed, killing former policeman Tajudin Zainal Abidin, 45.
Tajudin, who was heading home at that time, died after his car was crushed under the collapsed section of the ramp.
Earlier yesterday, Penang Works, Utility and Transportation Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng and Batu Maung assemblyman Datuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim visited the junction of Hilir Sungai Kluang 1 and Lintang Bayan Lepas, some 500m away from the entrance of the closed stretch.
Abdul Malik said traffic lights were installed at the junction on Friday to control the traffic heading towards Batu Maung.
“The installation, which took three weeks, cost about RM80,000,” he told a press conference.
He added that the council would soon paint more yellow boxes along the road to facilitate traffic in the area.
Source: StarProperty.my
When will the road to Bt Maung reopen? It caused massive traffic at the whole FTZ.
If only come to 2020 the bridge still intact then only i will use it, no confident for made in china products
@Crime
Don’t get it wrong. That part its not china made but by local one.
I don’t understand why people keep making that mind blowingly illogical statement to the effect that ” no confident for made in china products ” . So why don’t these people just throw away 90 % of the items in their house?
How does it reflect on their purchasing acumen if they’re “no confident ” in their Ipad and Iphone and Galaxy S4 and Laptop and LED TV and Home Theater System and Computer monitor and Rice Cooker and Water heater ….,
So because you walk around the house in a perpetual state of “no confident ” in all the Made in China items that YOU bought, I fervently hope that you don’t have a premature coronary because of all the anxiety of worrying that the Chinese ceiling fan will fly away. Seriously these people should take a look at the CCTV headquarters in Beijing here :
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/1785451184_cctv-byolescheeren.jpg
This building probably looks like the most comical on the planet but it’s been standing for over 5 years now?
And don’t get me started on how the hell you define “made in china” , the 2nd bridge might as well be ” made in Bangladesh ” since all the workers are imported? The cement and sand other materials are ” Made in Malaysia “, Is the architect Malaysian? ,so that makes it “made in Malaysia right”?? This is the kind of simplistic generalizations that will keep Malaysia in the dark ages.
*give hi-5 to peter*
China is the world’s factory of today. I guess some fools are just ignorant with their own opinions.
But then again, difference of opinions is what separates the fools from the idiots. Hahahah
@peter
Why are you so agitated over Crime’s comment? You from China? or you build the bridge?
Sorry, I do not mean to tease anyone but everyone has its stands and opinions. Just let it be.
Hope they done in right. Schedule is tight n pressure is mounting.
Most well known products is made in china, but engineerd in other countries. Quality control still bear by the product owner. Flextronics, foxconn, pegasus, jabil…. Factory in china but company still taiwan or us… So many resident engineers staying around to maintain quality. But some china own brands are getting better when they have the proper mindset…