Friday 14 August 2009

Penang Bridge update

I should have known that it couldn't last. I was rather upbeat yesterday that the Penang Bridge expansion project had been completed and all six lanes had been opened for public use. Even when I drove across during rush hour yesterday afternoon, traffic was smooth.

But this morning at about 6am, I saw that the authorities had replaced the cranes and brought back the mobile containers at the mid-span. Needless to say, they have re-closed a lane each on both sides of the bridge.

What the heck. They opened all six lanes yesterday just for show only. Just to hoodwink everyone - especially those who doesn't know any better - that they could allow smooth traffic flow IF they want to. And now, they don't want to. So typically bureaucratic.

2 comments:

TZ said...

hmmm.... just wondered what take the company so long to expand the Penang Bridge... So inefficient. :(

Jeffrey Chew said...

What do you expect - 1Malaysia thinkers had the perception that the public had only 1 opinion about policy and decision making