Penang Undersea Tunnel

Penang Undersea Tunnel
Overview
Location	Penang, Malaysia
Status	Under planning
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

Routes across Selatan Strait (Penang Strait) as of 2014.

The Penang Undersea Tunnel is a tunnel whose construction will begin in 2016 in Penang, Malaysia. 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 at the undersea tunnel.

List of interchanges

Tunnel side

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
	EXIT ----	Bagan Ajam South Interchange	Butterworth Outer Ring Road North Teluk Air Tawar Butterworth Sungai Petani Ipoh South Seberang Jaya Perai Kulim Gerik	Interchange
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
	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
	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
	EXIT ----	Gurney Drive-PORR Interchange	South Penang Outer Ring Road Persiaran Gurney (Gurney Drive) Batu Feringgi	Interchange

References

↑ "MalaysianInsider". Retrieved 7 February 2015.

External links

Penang Undersea Tunnel project on Zenith Group

Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER)
NCER Perlis	Kangar Padang Besar Perlis Seed Centre
NCER Kedah	Alor Setar Anak Bukit Langkawi Bukit Kayu Hitam Universiti Utara Malaysia Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Menara Alor Star Trans Eastern Kedah Interland Highway Paddy Museum Gurun Sungai Petani Halal Hub Kulim Hi-Tech Park South Kedah Expressway
NCER Penang	Butterworth Butterworth Outer Ring Road Sungai Juru Expressway Georgetown Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Jelutong Expressway KOMTAR Penang Ferry Service Penang Port Penang Monorail Penang Bridge Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Penang Sentral Penang International Airport Penang Global City Centre Penang Outer Ring Road Penang Undersea Tunnel Rapid Penang Universiti Sains Malaysia
NCER Perak	Belum-Temengor (Temenggor Lake, Temenggor Dam, Banding Island, Lake Temenggor Bridge) East-West Highway Gerik Pengkalan Hulu Lenggong Universiti Teknologi Petronas Jelas Expressway

Malaysian Expressway System
History	Chronology of the Malaysian Expressway System
Interstate (Peninsula Malaysia)	North–South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) (NSECL/ELITE) Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT/ECE) Butterworth–Kulim Expressway (BKE) Kajang–Seremban Highway (LEKAS/KASEH) # West Coast Expressway (LPB/WCE) ^ Paroi–Senawang–KLIA Expressway (PSKE) ^ Port Dickson–Banting Expressway (PDBE) ^ Jelas Expressway (Jelas) ^ Perlis–Langkawi Bridge
Interstate [East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan)]	^Pan Borneo Expressway
Greater Kuala Lumpur/ Klang Valley and Selangor	New Klang Valley Expressway (part of the North–South Expressway Northern Route) Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS) Cheras–Kajang Expressway (CKE/Grand Saga) Besraya Expressway (BESRAYA) New Pantai Expressway (NPE) (including ^ NPE Extension Expressway) Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP) Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) Kemuning–Shah Alam Highway (LKSA) Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK) Maju Expressway (MEX) (Kuala Lumpur – Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE) and KL–KLIA Dedicated Expressway) Sprint Expressway (Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link) Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway (KLS) (Assam Jawa–Templer Park Highway (LATAR)) South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) # East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) (Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road (KLORR)) New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) # Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) (including # DUKE Extension Expressway) Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) East–West Link Expressway and Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) # Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) * Kuala Lumpur Arah Serendah Expressway (KLAS) ^ Serdang–Kinrara–Putrajaya Expressway (SKIP) * Kinrara–Damansara Expressway (KIDEX)
\|Greater Penang and Penang	Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) Butterworth–Kulim Expressway * Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Second Penang Bridge) Penang Bridge * Penang Undersea Tunnel
Iskandar Malaysia and Johor	Second Link Expressway (Malaysia–Singapore Second Link) (MSSC/LINKEDUA) Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (EDL) Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE) ^ Johor Bahru–Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX)
Others	Seremban–Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) ^ Malacca Strait Bridge ^ South Kedah Expressway (Lekas) D-- # Kota Bharu–Kuala Krai Expressway ^Jelas Expressway
#: under construction, ^: under planning and development, *: cancelled / postponded / on hold

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