The RM4.5bil second Penang bridge project and RM2bil Penang Sentral transportation and logistics hub will proceed as planned, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
The Prime Minister said the two federal government projects, which incurred slight delays, would proceed even after he was no longer the premier.
“I cannot give the (exact) time when these projects will be completed but they are not abandoned.
“They are on-going even though a little slow,” he said after officiating at 28 federal government projects within his Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency in Dewan Milenium here Sunday.
Last April, Abdullah had said that the bridge project would be delayed by nine months due to issues related to land acquisition, design and rising costs.
On March 21, the company in-charge of laying the bridges foundation -- China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) -- had said that piling work on both ends of the bridge in Batu Kawan and Batu Maung had begun.
The bridge project is scheduled for completion by May 2012 while the first phase of the Penang Sentral project is expected to be ready by July 2011.
Earlier, Abdullah hoped that the country’s next leadership would not overlook in modernising rural areas in the process of urbanisation.
“We must continue to modernise the rural areas to make them attractive with necessary commercial and industrial values.
“Under my initiative, I promoted the development of agro-based industries nationwide, and I am pleased to note the successes they have recorded,” he said.
Abdullah also paid tribute to department heads, civil servants, local leaders as well as the people of Kepala Batas for playing a role in transforming the rural town into a bustling city.
Kepala Batas is now the main government administrative hub for North Seberang Prai district.
“I hope there will be continued development in Kepala Batas even when I am no longer Prime Minister,” he said.
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