Traffic to be rerouted for flood mitigation project

Chow (second left) and various department representatives discussing the flood mitigation project at Sungai Dua beside the Vanda commercial building on the left. (Below) Part of the project site being cordoned off at the car park of the Vanda commercial building overlooking the Bali Bali Restaurant opposite. Photos: CHARLES MARIASOOSAY/The Star

THERE will be a temporary road diversion in Jalan Sungai Dua, Penang, from Feb 15 onwards to facilitate the first phase of the Sungai Dua flood mitigation project.

The RM4.4mil project includes the building of an arch bridge in place of the present culvert. Construction will take 15 months.