News about Penang Transport Master Plan

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): A soft loan from Putrajaya will allow the planned Pan Island Link (PIL) and the light rail transit (LRT) system projects in Penang to be implemented simultaneously, Bernama reported chief minister Chow Kon Yeow saying yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (July 13): Penang will request for federal funding for its Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) if its application to reclaim land from the southern coast of the island to create three man-made ones is rejected, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC), the contractor of Penang’s RM6.

Newly appointed Penang Chief Minister (CM) Chow Kon Yeow is not an unfamiliar face in the state.

  PETALING JAYA (June 19): Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (pictured) is aiming for the light rail transit (LRT) project under the Penang Transport Master Plan to commence within five years.

PETALING JAYA (June 1): The Penang government is waiting for the federal government to decide on whether to review the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): The validity of the letter of award to the Gamuda Bhd-led consortium chosen as project delivery partner for the RM46 billion Penang Transport Master Plan has been extended till Aug 31.

AFTER waiting for months on end for their applications for advertising permits and developers’ licences (APDLs) to be approved, developers in Penang breathed a sigh of relief recently — they have finally been given the nod.

KOTA KEMUNING (Dec 8): Gamuda Bhd group managing director Datuk Lin Yun Ling said he was unaware that the proposed Penang Transport Master Plan's (TMP) original RM27 billion cost had exceeded RM40 billion as reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 4): SRS Consortium Sdn Bhd, a 60:20:20 joint venture among Gamuda Bhd, Loh Phoy Yen Holdings Sdn Bhd and Ideal Property Development Sdn Bhd, has duly accepted an extension of a letter of award (LoA) by the Penang state government to Feb 28, 2017 for its appointment as the project delivery partner (PDP) for the implementation of the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP).