‘Trams only for heritage zone’


Vision for the state: (From right) Szeto giving a presentation on the Penang Transport Master Plan at Komtar in Penang. With him are Chow and Lim.

GEORGE TOWN: Trams travelling on the streets statewide are not feasible substitutes for elevated light rail transit trains as they need a dedicated tramway which requires traffic lanes to be sacrificed, according to Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project delivery partner SRS Consortium.

Its project director Szeto Wai Loong said closing down lanes on roads to create tramways “would severely impact an already congested road system”.

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