Penang Sentral transportation terminal work to begin in Q4

Construction on the long-awaited Penang Sentral public transportation terminal in mainland Penang is expected to take off by Q4 2014.

The project, which forms a component of the Penang Sentral project, and is a 49:51 joint-venture between MRCB and Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB), will take 36 months to be completed.

The project developers have now agreed to build the terminal first before proceeding with the rest of the Penang Sentral project.

The Penang Sentral project, launched in 2007 on a 9.7ha site in Butterworth and tagged at $606 million, was designed to be an integrated mix-use commercial development and the largest integrated transport hub in the northern region.

It is to include, among others, terminals for ferries, buses, taxis and trains, and a monorail station.