Repairs on Jalan Burmah sink to take five days

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Repairs on the Burmah Road sinkhole are expected to take five days to complete, says Penang Island City Council (MBPP) mayor Datuk A. Rajendran.   However, Rajendran said the council told Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) to reduce the repair duration by working at night and early mornings.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2xbzr2z5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Penang Island City Council Mayor Datuk e Rajendran said the repairs on the Jalan Burma sinkhole

00:07are expected to take five days.

00:10However, the council has urged Inda Water Consortium to speed up the process by carrying

00:15out night works.

00:17Rajendran said one lane may be closed at night to allow repair works on the damaged 21-inch,

00:2313-metre-long underground pipe.

00:25He said restricting repairs to night hours would ease congestion from Penang Road and

00:30nearby junctions, although some traffic disruption is still expected.

00:35IWK confirmed the entire pipe section must be replaced, with the traffic impact possibly

00:40extending across a 200-metre stretch up to Penang Road.

00:45A sinkhole measuring 1.5 metres wide and 2.5 metres long appeared along Jalan Burma on Sunday

00:52morning.

00:53The incident is believed to have been triggered by a burst underground sewage pipe.

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