Expert: Planned highway may impact fault lines


GEORGE TOWN: At least three places along the fault lines of the island will be breached by the planned highway between Gurney Drive and Bayan Lepas, but the stability of the granite bedrock has never been studied.

Scientist Dr Kam Suan Pheng (pic) said one of the major fault line crossings was at the valley between the Ayer Itam Dam and Kek Lok Si Temple.

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