GEORGE TOWN, May 5 -- Construction of the Penang Hill cable car project is progressing as scheduled, with the first ropeway tower expected to be erected by the end of June this year.

Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) general manager Datuk Cheok Lay Leng said caisson piling works are ongoing at all four main project sites, which include the cable car stations and a multi-storey car park.

"There are three stations for the cable car: the Garden station, the Turn station, and the Hill station," he told Malay Mail in a recent April interview.

The project is currently 6.5 per cent complete, and Cheok expressed optimism that the first tower would be erected in June.

Caisson piling, which serves as the foundation for the ropeway towers, is progre...