Penang Undersea Tunnel

Penang Undersea Tunnel
Overview
Location	Penang, Malaysia
Route	Penang Undersea Tunnel
Operation
Constructed	Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd
Owner	State Government of Penang; Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd
Technical
Length	7.2 km
Operating speed	90 km/h

The Penang Undersea Tunnel is a tunnel where construction began in 2016 in Penang, Malaysia.^{[citation needed]} The 7.2 km tunnel will connect Butterworth, Seberang Perai in the east to George Town, Penang Island in the west. When completed on 2025, it will become the first undersea tunnel in Malaysia and the second in Southeast Asia. The undersea tunnel is part of the Penang Roads and Tunnels project.

The project is undertaken by the State Government of Penang and a main contractor Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd a member of Zenith Group. With a cost of RM6.3 billion, the tunnel will be the largest privately funded public works project in Penang.^[1] There will be a toll plaza and also a railway reserve for future Penang LRT at the undersea tunnel.

List of interchanges

Tunnel side

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
	Template:MES-EXIT	Bagan Ajam South Interchange	Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth Outer Ring Road North Teluk Air Tawar Butterworth Sungai Petani Ipoh South Seberang Jaya Perai Kulim Gerik	Interchange
Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Penang Undersea Tunnel

Bagan Ajam toll plaza
		Penang Undersea Tunnel North Channel, Penang		Start/End of tunnel
		Penang Undersea Tunnel North Channel, Penang
		Penang Undersea Tunnel North Channel, Penang		Start/End of tunnel
	Template:MES-EXIT	Gurney Drive Paired Road Interchange	Northwest Gurney Drive Paired Road Persiaran Gurney (Gurney Drive) Tanjung Bungah Batu Feringghi	Interchange
Penang Undersea Tunnel
George Town Inner Ring Road
			Southwest George Town Inner Ring Road Town centre Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah (Northam Road)

Gurney Drive Paired Road side

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
	Template:MES-EXIT	Penang Undersea Tunnel Interchange	Penang Undersea Tunnel East Ipoh Butterworth Alor Setar Southwest George Town Inner Ring Road Town centre Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah (Northam Road)	Interchange
Penang Undersea Tunnel
Gurney Drive Paired Road
	Template:MES-EXIT	Gurney Drive-PORR Interchange	South Penang Outer Ring Road Persiaran Gurney (Gurney Drive) Batu Feringgi	Interchange

References

^ "MalaysianInsider". Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Penang Undersea Tunnel project on Zenith Group

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Greater Penang	E15 Butterworth–Kulim E17 Butterworth Outer Ring E28 Penang Second Bridge E36 Penang Bridge Penang Outer Ring³ Penang Undersea Tunnel³ Juru−Sungai Dua Elevated Expressway²
Johor	E3 LINKEDUA E14 EDL E22 Senai–Desaru Johor Bahru–Pasir Gudang²
East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan)	E24 Tun Salahuddin Bridge
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