Council dismantles pedestrian bridge at Weld Quay after crane accident


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020

GEORGE TOWN: The overhead pedestrian bridge near the Pengkalan Raja Tun Uda ferry terminal in Weld Quay is being dismantled on Wednesday (Feb 5) night.

Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Daniel Gooi said the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) decided to tear down the bridge, which was built in the 1970s, after a piling crane crashed into it earlier in the afternoon.

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