‘Third bridge for Penang must be over 80m above sea level’


GEORGE TOWN: A third bridge for Penang instead of an undersea tunnel will have to be more than 80m above the sea, about three times the height of the Penang Bridge.

Penang Port Sdn Bhd chief opera­ting officer V. Sasedharan said this was necessary for ships to continue calling on the port.

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