GEORGE TOWN, Jan 18 – The RM4.4 million flood mitigation project (Arch Bridge Project) at Sungai Dua are expected to complete by February next year, said the Penang Local Government, Flood Mitigation and Traffic Management Committee chairman, Chow Kon Yeow. He said this project will be benefit to the residents nearby who face flooding problems during the raining seasons.
He said this arch bridge will be built to replace the current boxed culvert (covered drain) which the work had began on last August. Meanwhile, he also added that this replacement is to widen the space of the river and help overcome the flood problems.
Also present were Batu Uban Assemblyman, Dr. T.Jayabalan; State Works Department Northeast district architect Mohd Harridzan Abdullah; representatives from Public Works Department (JKR) and Permai Pura Construction Sdn Bhd in the press conference here today.
State Works Department Northeast district architect Mohd Harridzan Abdullah said this project will be separated into two phase and will last for 13 months which the first phase project will be start from Feb 15 till June 30 and second phase project will be start from July 1, 2016 till Feb 5, 2017.
Chow said the road will be affected during the project start. Affected area on first phase project will be the Sungai Dua road heading to Tesco which is directly in front of Yellow Shophouse building (Building Opposite McDonald). While, second phase project will affect the Sungai Dua road heading to University Sains Malaysia (USM) which is directly in front of McDonalds and Bali-bali Restaurant.
He said there were still have a lot of on-site adjustment will be made to minimise the impact during the project. He said any suggestion or feedbacks from public are welcome to made on the site office. In the meantime, he said there were also provided a temporary car park for customers of nearby businesses during the construction.
