MPPP rapped for giving nod to commercial complex plan

THE Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) has been slammed for appro-ving a 27-storey commercial complex project in Lengkok Moulmein, Pulau Tikus, without conducting a proper study on the impact of the project on residents there.

Pulau Tikus Barisan Nasional coordinator Rowena Yam said that before any development was carried out, the council should have carried out assessment on the public roads, traffic flow and so on.

“The residents here have complained that the road has become narrower and there is insufficient car park,” she told a press conference at her office in Pulau Tikus Plaza recently.

It is learnt that upon completion, the new complex is supposed to have 290 car park bays of which only 90 would be made available for the public at the basement.

Yam stressed that there would be traffic congestion during the work on the project and after completion as there would be lack of parking bays in the area especially for market-goers, retail shop customers and workers.

It was reported on Jan 29 that residents living near the proposed project, situated across the Pulau Tikus market, had claimed that the project development encroached into public area.

Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng, who was also present at the press conference, said the project boasted of 84 unit suites and 27 commercial units.

At present, the project site is used as a private car park which could accommodate about 100 cars for market-goers.

A recent check at the site showed that hoarding works were being carried out and metal sheets had been erected around the site. - The Star