Widening of Lorong Batu Lanchang: better traffic flow

As published in The Star

Published: Wednesday August 13, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Wednesday August 13, 2014 MYT 10:21:21 AM

Completion of project deferred to October

Wide enough: Wong (left) showing the lay-by which is open for use to turn into Jalan Masjid Negeri. Also present are the project consultant supervisor Nordin Bahari (brown shirt) and council officers.

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THE road widening project involving a 700m stretch where Lorong Batu Lanchang meets Jalan Masjid Negeri in Penang is expected to be completed by Oct 20.

Air Itam assemblyman Wong Hon Wai said the project, which was supposed to be completed on July 18, was 73% completed and the delay was due to the transplanting of trees and street lamps to the other side of the road.

“A total of 32 trees have been relocated to make way for the road widening, while 15 rotting trees were chopped off after a check by an arborist.

“However, no extra expenses were incurred from the delay, which remained at RM3.5mil, since the project began in Oct 21 last year,” he said during an inspection at the site yesterday.

Wong added that the pavement would be upgraded with a guard rail in front of the schools there for safety purposes.

“The project is expected to improve traffic flow along Lorong Batu Lanchang as well as the Lorong Batu Lanchang-Jalan Masjid Negeri junction by 15% and 20% respectively.”

It was reported that the project will widen the 700m stretch of road from 10.8m to 12m.

An additional 2.5m lay-by will also be constructed for parents to pick up their children without disrupting the entire traffic from the vocational school (SM Teknik Batu Lanchang) up to the Lorong Batu Lanchang-Jalan Masjid Negeri junction.