I Won't Influence Govt Over Crooked Bridge - Dr Mahathir

PETALING JAYA, May 16 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he would not influence the government to revisit the crooked bridge project.
However, he said, he still hoped the bridge would be realised to overcome the congestion at the Johor Causeway.
"Although I believe there are no reasons why the project cannot proceed, the decision is not mine," he told reporters in Subang Jaya Saturday.
He said that when the Johor Causeway was built, there was probably only a car for every 1,000 population.
"Now we have 10 million cars for the population of 27 million people.
"That is to say for every 2.7 person there is a car. So the traffic problem is getting more and more serious. If we don't have proper facilities we will face congestion that is far worse," he said.
On the mainstream media which was said to have lost the people's confidence, Dr Mahathir said: "If the mainstream wants to be relevant, it has to rebuild their confidence. Just publish the truth and make proper analysis based on the truth.
"Don't always see the political angle," he said.

tunku : well if the government is smart enough they will build the bridge, maybe it is matter of time now.i am sure the government will look into it .