He said the Request for Proposal (RfP) documents will be made public at a special space in Komtar.
“I will fulfil my promise to open the (RfP). Maybe early next year we will open to the public,” Chow told reporters during a visit to the Campbell Street Market here today.
When asked if the documents would be available online, Chow said there were no plans as it involved over 20 volumes of documents.
Ex-DAP man and transport scholar Roger Teoh recently urged the Penang government to make all documents pertaining to the PTMP available online.
This, he said, was to promote better transparency of the state’s biggest infrastructure plan to date.
Teoh, who is against several aspects of the master plan, said Penang should take a leaf from the best practices of other governments when such public projects were proposed.
Meanwhile, Chow took a dig at the Penang Transport Council (PTC) members who were vocal about the PTMP.
Chow said PTC members, such as city councillor Dr Lim Mah Hui and blogger Anil Netto, had only perused the documents related to the PTMP “a few times”.
“The RfP documents are opened to the PTC members.
“According to the records, people like Anil and Lim had only gone two or three times (to look at the documents), and no one else had gone,” Chow, who is PTC chair said.
Lim and Netto, like Teoh, are also vocal against the PTMP.
At present, documents pertaining to the PTMP are available to the bipartisan 46-member Penang Transport Council (PTC) that oversees its implementation.
However, members can only peruse 20 volumes of the documents at a special facility. There is also a time limit for viewing and only handwritten notes can be taken. No phones or cameras are allowed.
The PTC, a Penang government body, oversees the implementation of the PTMP.
The multi-billion PTMP is to alleviate traffic by building a series of highways, train lines and other infrastructure.
It will be funded by the creation of three man-made islands off Permatang Damar Laut, the southernmost part of Penang Island.