Sunday, December 16, 2007

Malaysia waiting for monsoon rains to see how a new combined road and flood relief tunnel performs

Malaysia waiting for monsoon rains to see how a new combined road and flood relief tunnel performs

As well as acute flooding, Kuala Lumpur suffers from chronic traffic congestion. The government had been looking for a way to increase road capacity and was keen to reduce its outlay on what promised to be an expensive piece of new flood relief infrastructure. So it engaged in an optioneering exercise in which the construction industry was invited by the government to suggest how the flood relief tunnel should be designed and built.
Malaysia waiting for monsoon rains to see how a new combined road and flood relief tunnel performs

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