PORR and Jelutong Expressway

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by cooltemper

they r cleaning the 1 of the most polluted river in malaysia?..and can u all c that there is a row of houses just beside the river..actully not houses la..is a jetty. that will be one of the newest tourist spot in penang.

[nazrey]

Thanks for update!

[nazrey]

Motorists lukewarm about using the BORR
Thursday February 22, 2007
By DERRICK VINESH
TheStar




Toll collection:Vehicles queuing up at the prai toll plaza.


THE RM700mil Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) saw lukewarm response from motorists who started paying toll to use the Prai and Bagan Ajam toll plazas.

The occasional long queues of vehicles that were seen during its one-month trial run were missing when toll collection began at 6am yesterday .

A check by The Star yesterday showed that there were also technical glitches at a few tollbooths that caused several vehicles to be damaged by the metal crossbars.

“We have problems with the computerised ticket colleting system which is synchronized with the crossbar movements.

“Some impatient motorists drive pass the toll booth when the crossbar lifts up for the vehicle in front of them.

“But they are supposed to wait till it comes down and proceed when it lifts up again,” said a counter worker.

Motorist M. Nedumaran, 42, said he paid RM10 to use both toll plazas on two trips from his house in Sungai Dua to work in Prai yesterday.

“I will have to set aside RM300 a month just on toll to use the BORR. This is simply outrageous.

“I will stick to the old road even if it takes an extra 10 minutes to reach my destination,” he said.

Businessman Richard Sim, 52, said he felt short-changed while using the Prai toll plaza as his journey was only from Taman Inderawasih, Prai, to the ferry terminal in Bagan Dalam.

“The RM1.30 toll in Prai is meant for those travelling up to the Bagan Ajam toll plaza. Why am I made to pay the full amount for only a quarter of this journey?” he said.

Factory worker M. Satchithana-than, 55, from Taman Indera-wasih, said he had to make an illegal U-turn at the traffic lights near Megamal Pinang to get to the Prai toll plaza.

“Residents from the neighbouring Taman Senangin, Taman Inderawasih, Prima Prai, Chai Leng Park and Kimsar Garden are unable to use the Prai toll plaza because there is no direct access to the BORR.

“I feel sad because the BORR is not designed for the convenience of the people living near it,” he said.

Ex-factory worker Kulanthai Subramaniam, 56, said the BORR toll should be reduced by 50%, as it was too expensive.

The toll in Prai is between 70 sen and RM3.90 while at Bagan Ajam, it is between 60 sen and RM3.60, depending on the class of vehicle.

Cars using the Prai toll are charged RM1.30 per entry, while those using the Bagan Ajam toll have to pay RM1.20 per entry.

[nazrey]

‘Smart’ system for roads
Wednesday April 18, 2007
TheStar


EXPRESSWAYS and main roads in the state will be installed with an intelligent transport system (ITS), which includes closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance, under a mid-term Ninth Malaysia Plan project.

The main roads will also be upgraded as part of the project which is expected to cost up to RM2bil, state Public Works, Utilities and Transportation Committee chairman Da-tuk Koay Kar Huah said.

He said a monitoring centre would be set up at the Public Works Department in Kom-tar under the ITS.

“The centre will collect and analyse traffic data and use them as guidelines to speed up traffic flow by disseminating information to motorists through visual message dis-plays along the roads,” he told reporters after a ceremony to hand over spectacles to 65 needy students from SJK(C) Chiao Nan, SJK(C) Kong Ming, Wisma Anak Yatim Lelaki Islam and Wisma Anak Yatim Perempuan Islam.

The spectacles which cost a total RM5,000, were sponsored by Koay and Paya Teru- bong assemblyman Datuk Loh Hock Hun under the Lions International Sight First project.

On the proposed renaming of the Jelutong Expressway and Bayan Lepas Expressway, Koay said the State Roads and Places Naming Committee was awaiting approval from the state executive council to change the names of the two expressways.

He expected the name change to be appro-ved in a month's time. He said the Jelutong Expresway would be renamed Lebuhraya Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir and Bayan Le-pas Expressway as Lebuhraya Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin.

[TYW]

Originally Posted by nazrey

He expected the name change to be appro-ved in a month's time. He said the Jelutong Expresway would be renamed Lebuhraya Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir and Bayan Le-pas Expressway as Lebuhraya Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin.

there was an article back then about this name change, but i can't find it. oh, well, here's another one.

i just find this STUPID!!

if they seriously want the name so badly, they should give them to new roads. i just hate all these renaming stuff

[Pablo]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!

What is the reason they change these 2 roads to these names???? Tell us the reason b4 change it!!!!

[Lastresorter]

Change of road names -
1. That's totally redundant.
2. The new road names are sooo tongue-twisting.
3. Who are those 2 ppl?
4. Note the title of the article - "Smart" system for roads

[cooltemper]

The changed of the name will make people outside penang islands become confuse. Even i think those living in pg island will still use the old name...

[TYW]

Originally Posted by Pablo

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!

What is the reason they change these 2 roads to these names???? Tell us the reason b4 change it!!!!

wanna pay tribute to those ppl lor!

but why rename existing roads rather than giving new names to roads?? since Batu Kawan is now being developed, i believe there's lots of new roads to be named.

one thing good in Penang is that Penangites love to use the original names of the roads, just like Northam Road (Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah), Pitt Street (Jalan Masjid Kapitan Kling) etc. i believe those expressways will remain as Jelutong Expressway and Bayan Lepas Coastal Highway among us.

[TYW]

Originally Posted by Lastresorter

Change of road names -
1. That's totally redundant.
2. The new road names are sooo tongue-twisting.
3. Who are those 2 ppl?
4. Note the title of the article - "Smart" system for roads

Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir is the former Penang Governor i think...

and Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is former Agong right??

[globocentric]

Agreed they should be focusing their energies on more pressing issues which are plagued by years and years of delay rather than these trivial and pathetic issues.

Originally Posted by TYW

wanna pay tribute to those ppl lor!

but why rename existing roads rather than giving new names to roads?? since Batu Kawan is now being developed, i believe there's lots of new roads to be named.

one thing good in Penang is that Penangites love to use the original names of the roads, just like Northam Road (Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah), Pitt Street (Jalan Masjid Kapitan Kling) etc. i believe those expressways will remain as Jelutong Expressway and Bayan Lepas Coastal Highway among us.

[cooltemper]

[wmkp]

Would we rather have them to rename our older roads like what's been done to Northam Road (jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah)? It is better to rename newer roads or those with insignificant names to honour our leaders than to erase older n historical names. It is true that both the expressways would still be known as JE n Coastal Road, but that is besides the point.

[khensthoth]

I say we start a protest, against the renaming of the roads.

[Magician]

Originally Posted by TYW

there was an article back then about this name change, but i can't find it. oh, well, here's another one.

i just find this STUPID!!

if they seriously want the name so badly, they should give them to new roads. i just hate all these renaming stuff

I think I will stick to Jelutong Expressway and Bayan Lepas Expressway...

the 2 other names are F****** long...

[cooltemper]

Who care about the renaming, we only will read / call the road as Je lo tong highway and ang moh lor....

[jlshyang]

yea, i guess we Penangites will still stick to the old names. Eg. Bukit Gambir Road aka Yeap Chor Ee Road?

[Adam Tan]

i dunno why they change the original name

before they make a decision, they got survey before?

izzi all local accept the name ?
izzi the name is suitable?
Jelutong expressway --->Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir expressway?????????
Bayan Lepas expressway--->Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin. expressway?????

some more got ppl proposed change the George town name to tanjong?

[Magician]

Well.. do you think local people will give a shit?

I think there are a lot of things can be done than thinking of changing the name of the roads, which is stupid and useless... who the hell will remember...

[Pablo]

most of the penangites i should say more than 90% will stick to the old name like Bukit Gambier ( Jalan Yap Chor Ee ), Northam Road ( Jalan Sultan Ahmad Syah ), what is the point to change their name? since we are not using those ''hard to say'' name, this also prove that by changing the road name to pay tribute to those ppl is a totally wrong and not the best idea.