Friday, 19 Mar 2021 10:45 AM MYTPenang state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo said phase one of the public park will be ready in about a year’s time and open tender for the public park will be called by June this year. ― Picture by Sayuti ZainudinGEORGE TOWN, March 19 — Phase One of the RM176 million Gurney Wharf project is expected to be completed in the first half of 2022, Penang state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo said today.
“The project is expected to start by the third quarter of this year,” he said during a site visit at the reclaimed land this morning. He added that the park will be fully equipped with facilities for the disabled to ensure access to everyone.He said water taxis facility from Gurney Wharf is also under the planning stage.
Reclamation works along the Gurney Drive foreshore started in 2016 and reclamation of 131.09 acres of land was completed in September 2019.