Pan Island Link Highway (PIL) is a proposed motorway for Penang Island. It is one of the two components of the Penang Transport Master Plan The main purpose of the PIL is to reduce the load shouldered by the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway and to address increasing congestion expected on the southern and central parts of Penang Island.
Traffic movement across the island is to be relived by the PIL and the proposed Bayan Lepas Light Rail Transit, which will be an elevated railway line connecting Teluk Kumbar and Batu Maung with Gurney Drive, with interchanges at Paya Terubong, Relau, Jalan Tun Dr Awang and the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway.
Land reclamation off the coast of Gurney Drive will enable the construction of a new coastal highway, tentatively known as the Gurney Expressway. It will be connected to the PIL which will run from Bagan Jermal to Bayan Lepas, to connect with the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway at the Second Penang Bridge exit. This enables cross-island traffic to bypass the densely populated and congested roads of the central and northeastern portions of the island.
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