Penang MCA Youth has accused the Penang government of planning to build the "most expensive" highway in Malaysia ever - the Pan Island Link 1.

According to Penang MCA Youth leader Michael Lee, the numbers cited by Penang exco member Chow Kon Yeow - a RM7.5 billion price tag for a 19.5km highway - would translate to RM385 million per kilometre.

"This cost is 140 percent more than the planned Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (KIDEX) in Selangor (it cost RM 161 million/km), which DAP elected representatives claimed was the most expensive highway in Malaysia three years ago," he said in a statement today.