Dr Koh - Useless

In relation to the road rage posting below, one of the issues that was discussed in the car with my Dad was the lousy administration of Dr Koh. Traffic is a nightmare in Penang Bridge. Everytime I want to catch a flight from mainland to Penang airport, you can be sure I feel a heightened sense of anxiety whether or not would I make it for the flight

Clearly Dr Koh is just trying to pass the buck to others with his comments below. Coincidently he brought up this issue during the same time I was cursing him like hell. There are lots of things the state govt can do to ease the traffic for the time being. Heavy vehicles should be barred from using the bridge at designated peak hours. It was done before nationwide during the Kongsi Raya few years back. Certain heavy vehicles were barred from the road.

Do a trial run and see whether it works. Rather than just trying to pass the blame to others. Think Dr Koh is not that smart for someone of his calibre carrying a Dr title. If a layman like me can come up with a same solution, then what value add is he giving to Penang?

CM: Ease jam on Penang Bridge
Regina William
BUKIT MERTAJAM (Sept 25, 2007):
Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon wants traffic dispersal on the the 32-year-old Penang Bridge improved.
"Traffic on the bridge is at maximum capacity heading to the mainland in recent years. It has further worsened with jams stretching for several kilometres in morning and evening peak hours," he said.
Koh said the bridge concessionaire, Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd (PBSB), must "buck up and stop giving excuses for the worsening traffic flow".
Koh, who was late for today's offical opening of Progenix Research Sdn Bhd at the Penang Science Park because of a traffic jam on the bridge, said: "Existing measures are inadequate."
Traffic flow on the bridge had been slowed down to a crawl the past few days because of cable rectification works carried out by Tenaga Nasional Berhad for a 200m stretch from 4.6km. Daily traffic volume on the bridge is 140,000 vehicles.
Widening works on the bridge are alsoy in progress with the construction of an additional vehicle lane and a motorcycle lane on both sides. They are expected to be completed by September next year.
"In recent months, PBSB had introduced several measures, including clearing up accidents quickly, to prevent massive jams.
"PBSB has also restricted slow moving vehicles on the bridge during peak hours.
"However, this is not enough. I have conveyed to them to further improve the procedures. They should move into the next stage since the jams are not easing," Koh said.
"They should also look into restricting heavy vehicles on the bridge during certain hours."
However, Koh said, PBSB would have to work with the industrial sector on how best to carry this out as this would mean that trailers from the island heading to the port on the mainland and those heading to the island would be affected.
Koh said the congestion should be considered when constructing the second bridge from Batu Kawan on the mainland to Batu Maung on the island.