Flying debris: PIC to enhance safety measures, Penang CM apologises

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GEORGE TOWN: Penang Infrastructure Corporation Sdn Bhd (PIC) will reduce the drilling depth and weight of explosives to control the impact of the blas...

: Penang Infrastructure Corporation Sdn Bhd will reduce the drilling depth and weight of explosives to control the impact of the blast at location CH1875, the main scope of work for the Package Two highway that links Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway to Ayer Itam.

“The contractor will also add soil load on top and the sides with additional steel plates and kentledge blocks as additional safety protection to reduce blast impact,” he said at a media briefing at the Chief Minister’s Office in Komtar today. He said the 600th rock blasting work is among the main scope of work for the project, and there are still 200 blasts to be carried out.

 

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