Review Pan Island Link highway in Penang

To avoid acquiring school land, the elevated highway of Pan Island Link (PIL) I that will go over this stretch of Jalan Bagan Jermal will see almost every piece of property (bottom) opposite of Phor Thay School (top right) surrendering up to 5m of their land from the roadside to the state government. /Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/9 August 2018.

ALIRAN recognises that urban centres like the Klang Valley and Penang are faced with a serious problem of congestion on the roads. We therefore welcome federal and state government efforts and initiatives to resolve the problem.

The recent expansion of free bus services named the Congestion Alleviation Transport (CAT) in collaboration with Rapid Penang on 12 selected routes in Penang as a good example of such initiatives (though a review needs to be carried out to gauge its effectiveness).