LETTER | I’m writing this in response to a remark made by Penang state executive councillor for transport Zairil Khir Johari on Sept 4. According to Free Malaysia Today, Zairil defended the Penang government’s focus on large-scale infrastructure projects, arguing they are essential to address chronic traffic congestion. He evades the issue, coins a flippant sound bite and creates a digression by attacking another critic, former economist Lim Mah Hui. The major questions he has avoided are: how can this expensive project be economically sustained, given our small population base? By doggedly clinging to the LRT, isn’t Zairil trying to solve today’s problems with last century’s solutions?