The second Penang bridge will be completed in 2011 as scheduled, and the cost will be RM4.5bil.
UEM Group Berhad managing director and chief executive officer Ahmad Pardas Senin said the commonly quoted figure of RM3.6bil was only for the cost of the construction of the bridge over water.
This did not take into account the RM900mil needed to construct the 7km expressway linking it to the North South Expressway.
[via TheStar.]