Looks inviting: The new bus shelter at Jalan Sungai Dua in Penang. IMAGINE bus shelters with closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs), solar-powered lights, recycle bins and even blind guides and wheel-chair accessible spaces?
Such user-friendly and safety components will eventually feature in a total of 150 upgraded bus stands on Penang island for public transport users.
So far, three of the innovative bus shelters are completed on Jalan Sungai Dua, Jalan Mayang Pasir and Jalan Tengah in Bayan Baru.
Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) Infrastructure and Transport Committee alternate chairman Ramlah Bee Asiahoo said the new bus stands would incorporate sheltered seating area, solar-powered lighting system at night to conserve energy, notice board with bus schedules and route map, recycle bins and location signage boards.
“The others will include blind guide, wheel-chair accessible route for the disabled and parking spaces for bicycles,” she told a press conference yesterday.
Ramlah said they had also decided to install closed-circuit televisions at selected bus shelters for safety reasons.
She said the upgrading work, which began in October, was expected to be completed by June next year.
“It is meant to encourage the people to use public transport while providing an easier and safer environment for the users.
“The project is fully sponsored by Viewplex Sdn Bhd after the council granted them the project through Request For Proposal (RFP),” she said.
Viewplex corporate affairs division manager Angelyna Radhi said the project would cost about RM5mil while the construction of each bus stand was between RM30,000 and RM35,000.
Viewplex is a registered contactor with bumiputra status specialising in civil works (Class B) and electrical works (Class II) and building maintenance services.
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