00:01The name already has two bridges, and the second bridge isn't even heavily used.
00:07So why are we talking about third?
00:09The idea first came up in 2011.
00:12Back then, the plan was to build an undersea tunnel,
00:14from Prasera and Gurney on the island to Baganajam on the mainland.
00:17A tunnel would run 11 meters beneath the seabed.
00:20But the project faced problems and caused technical requirements.
00:24In 2021, the developer proposed building a bridge instead.
00:27By 2023, the state government was considering that option.
00:31Now, plans are being reviewed for an 8-kilometer road bridge.
00:35So why build it?
00:37Penang Infrastructure Committee Chairman Zarekir Johari told The Star
00:40that the biggest benefits would be for mainland Penang.
00:43He said the island's northern coastline was already affluent, well-developed.
00:47Connecting it to North Sebrang Pai
00:48could bring tremendous economic opportunities to that part of the mainland.
00:52And why plan for it now?
00:54Zarek pointed out that major infrastructure projects
00:57could take decades.
00:58The first bridge was discussed in Parliament in 1965.
01:01It opened in 1985.
01:04Penang's LRT was first announced in 2003.
01:06Construction began more than 20 years later.
01:09Zarek said planning for the third link needed to begin now.
01:13When the first Penang bridge was proposed,
01:15there were questions about whether it was really needed.
01:17Today, that bridge is heavily congested.
01:19Now, with the third bridge being considered,
01:21the same question has come up again.
01:23Does Penang really need another bridge?
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