Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has refuted claims by an activist that the number of berms for cut slopes for the Pan-Island Link 1 (PIL1) highway violated the Public Works Department’s (PWD) guidelines.

"We admit there was an oversight as the submission for the Environment Department approval for the PIL1 contained only preliminary design drawings, which are typically generated by software," he clarified at a press conference in Komtar today...