Rain putting a damper on Penang bypass progress


The RM851mil Package Two Bypass (5.7km) linking Ayer Itam to Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway is expected to complete in 2025. (April 20, 2024 )— CHAN BOON KAI/The Star.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang has been hoping for more rain to fill up its fast-depleting reservoirs. But several bouts of heavy rain have instead caused flash floods and other challenges.

State infrastructure, transport and digital committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said work on the RM851mil Air Itam-Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu bypass (Package Two) will be delayed due to rain this month.

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