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George Town Inner Ring Road

George Town Inner Ring Road

Ring road in Malaysia

George Town Inner Ring Road is an urban ring road within the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.[1][2] It comprises the eastern end of Gurney Drive, Jalan Pangkor, Jalan Perak and Jalan Sungai Pinang, forming a loop within the city centre.

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The ring road serves to alleviate traffic congestion by acting as a bypass between the city's northern coastline and the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway to the southeast.[3] Whilst the ring road is presently formed by municipal roads, infrastructural plans have been drawn up to turn the roads into a proper expressway, including the construction of elevated bypasses and a tunnel.[4][5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Mak Hoy Ken, Tan Ee Zhio (3 December 2014). "Penang Transport Master Plan: Convergence of Connectivity and Rising Land Values" (PDF). AmResearch.
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    "Highways". pgmasterplan.penang.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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    Nugmanova, Assel; Arndt, Wulf-Holger; Hossain, Md Aslam; Kim, Jong Ryeol (January 2019). "Effectiveness of Ring Roads in Reducing Traffic Congestion in Cities for Long Run: Big Almaty Ring Road Case Study". Sustainability. 11 (18): 4973. doi:10.3390/su11184973. ISSN 2071-1050.
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    Zabidi, Nor Diana. "Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang - Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang". www.penang.gov.my (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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    "Malaysia-China firm wins RM8bil road and tunnel projects". Penang Property Talk. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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