Jelutong Expressway, Penang

(Source photos: http://onthemove.penang.gov.my/proj_jeway.htm)

From Wikipeadia "Jelutong Expressway, route 1331, or Lebuhraya Jelutong in Malay is an extension of Penang Bridge which connects Georgetown, Penang to Bayan Lepas. The funding for the construction of this expressway was contributed jointly by the Malaysian Department of Works and the Penang state government. Many Hectares of land had to be reclaimed to allow the construction of the expressway to take place."

Jelutong Expressway took 10 years to complete.....why I wonder? No funds..no allocation from the federal treasury.... Highways & expressways go up in the Klang valley in a matter of months and in Penang or anywhere else outside the Klang Valley it take donkey years....I wonder why?

klang Valley is not malaysia, i think sometimes our leaders forget that...so much emphasis on the klang valley....Malaysia is so small...we could afford to spread out the development bucks.....

the expressway is only partially completed...entrance and exit into the expressway from the georgetown end is still a big pain...

u have to weave through some of the narrowest roads to get to the expressway....if u come from the dato kramat side of town, u have to weave through patani road and cut through the new flats near river road or veterani road, to jln gudawara and bridge street, across the dirtest river in the world (more like a sewer) into Jelutong road until u come to the junction of Sungai Pinang Road.....then turn left to get to the expressway....

describing it on paper is so convoluted ...imagine if u have to drive through these roads....its even worse...

nevertheless, i think the jelutong expressway is good for pg...it opens up the forgotten side of the island...ie the eastern part of the island facing perai....despite the fact that the place used to be the "dirtest side" of the island.. sewer outflows...and land fill....it has the potential to be restored and made beautiful...



if u get to the expressway....u can then get to the airport or to batu maung much more quickly than before...besides, the scenary along the expressway into the road near the penang bridge and into bayan bahru industrial area is mostly along the coast...and can be quite scenic....

economically too, it will be beneficial....it could be our multi media supercorridor....there's a e-gate next to tesco....and much land ....hopefully more trees are planted including a corridor and avenue of jelutong trees along jelutong expressway,.... that will be the day....