THE flood problems at the Penang International Airport will soon be over once work on the main terminal’s water discharge point is completed.
An airport spokesman said expansion work of the discharge point was expected to be completed in a month’s time.
He said underground pipes and electrical cables needed to be moved before the expansion work could be carried out.
The spokesman said the current discharge outlet was too narrow and was causing the level of rainwater in the area to rise each time it rained heavily.
“Besides that, the location of the airport which is at a low-lying area, is also a contributing factor to the flood problems,” he said.
The spokesman also said a report was submitted to the Transport Ministry about the situation.
Slight delay: The expansion work at the Penang International Airport is 3% behind schedule
He was responding to an online portal report that the airport is in a ‘state of distress’.
In the report, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng claimed that it ‘flooded’ up to one inch at the airport terminal each time it rained heavily due to ‘defective’ expansion project that was being carried out at the airport.
Lim had also sent a letter together with photographs of the situation to Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.
On the progress of the airport’s expansion work, the spokesman said it was 3% behind schedule.
“However, we believe we can still catch up as it is only a slight delay,” he said
He added that the delay was due to ongoing renovation works at the main terminal.
“We want to ensure that airport operations remain smooth and will not cause inconvenience to the passengers,” he added.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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