[sustran] FW: [msia-plan-transp] fwd: Planned bridge to go through troubled waters

[Paul Barter]

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From: Paul Barter [mailto:geobpa at nus.edu.sg]
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Feature article on the Penang second link issue on www.malaysiakini.com
today. 

Thursday August 16

Planned bridge to go through troubled waters 
Anil Netto 

12:57pm, Thu: (IPS) analysis Like a mammoth concrete serpent with a
shimmering central hump, the 8.5km-long Penang Bridge stretches out across
the channel separating the mainland peninsula from the south-east of
Malaysia's 'Silicon Island'. 

The bridge complements a decades-old, neglected but still charming ferry
service further north. 

So when authorities announced plans last month to start work on a third link
to the mainland peninsula - a proposed bridge-tunnel - in 2003, concerned
groups rose up in protest over the financial, environmental and traffic
implications of the project. 

...
see the whole article at
http://www.malaysiakini.com/News/2001/08/2001081603.php3