20-09-2012, 03:05 PM
THE SECOND PENANG BRIDGE
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The First Penang Bridge 1985
The idea to build a bridge linking the island and mainland was mooted by the late Tun
Abdul Razak, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1960’s.
The construction was carried out during the premiership of YAB Tun Dr Mahathir bin
Mohamad, the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister in 1982.
The 13.5km (8.5km over water) bridge was officially opened to traffic on September 14,
1985.
Objectives of Second Penang Bridge
Responding to National Objectives
Considering the importance of road network in the State,
the following objectives of the Second Penang Bridge
Project is identified as follows:
To strengthen the transportation system corresponding to
national objectives
To support balanced economic development of the State
To provide smooth and safe traffic service
Traffic Demand
The traffic demand on the existing bridge has been increasing since its
opening in 1985.
Traffic projection without Second Crossing:
2000 – 97,200 vehicle per day
2010 – 140,400 vehicle per day
2020 – 163,400 vehicle per day
Due to a tremendous increase of motorcycle traffic utilising the bridge, it
has brought about declining in the bridge’s level of service enforcing the
motorist into intolerable traffic condition.
Both the ferry service and existing widened Penang Bridge will
imminently not be able to cater for the traffic demand hence, a Second
Crossing is needed to continuously support the economic development of
the Penang State in addition to providing a smooth and safe driving
facility.
Feasibility Study
The feasibility study was carried out with the
objectives :
To investigate the technical and economic Feasibility of the
alternative alignments
To prepare the necessary documents for loan facilities purposes
To prepare an Implementation Programme (IP) as well as a
report on Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment
To investigate the financial viability of tolling the proposed
crossing