| The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls on the Penang state government not to sign the new Project Delivery Partner agreement with SRS Consortium for the Penang Transport Master Plan as the PTMP is heavily contentious and criticised by many civil society organisations due to its adverse environmental and socio-economic impacts.
In recent years, the state government had expanded the project scope of the PTMP and thus in formalising the latest plans, the Penang government will need to sign a new agreement with SRS Consortium. Last week, Gamuda group managing director Lin Yun Ling had said that once the new PDP agreement is signed, the design works can start."The light rail transit , Island A, the Pan Island Link and reclamation work for South Island will all move,” he was reported saying.
The alternative PTMP proposed by CSOs incorporates a good network of ART and BRT supported by feeder systems to address first and last-mile connectivity. CAP had written to the chief minister to seriously consider these options. However, the State is yet to respond to why it is selecting a more expensive, potentially destructive option when a cheaper, better, faster to implement alternative exists.
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