Vessel passage poser over planned third bridge

GEORGE TOWN: As questions continue to be raised on the controversy involving the undersea tunnel project and the possibility of replacing it with a third bridge to connect the mainland and the island, there is another issue which has cropped up – the fate of Penang Port.

With the southern end of the channel blocked by two bridges that only allow vessels lower than 28m to pass, another bridge across the northern channel would have to soar almost 100m above the sea.