KUCHING: The Pan Borneo Highway project is 82% complete, and the full projected, including the Trans Borneo Highway from Sarawak to Sabah, is expected to be ready in five years, works minister Fadillah Yusof said.
He said work has been completed on four packages: Telok Melano-Sematan, Nyabau, Serian-Balai Ringin and Julau.
“The remaining packages, hopefully, will be completed by the end of this year. One or two packages could be delayed due to the challenges, especially the shortage of building materials and their rising costs,” Fadillah said.
“Meanwhile, many foreign workers have not come in, specifically from Indonesia as Sarawak only accepts those from that neighbouring country.
“The increase in the price of diesel is also another challenge faced by the contractors, besides the cost of steel,” he said.
The Sarawak public works department and the federal works ministry were working closely to complete phase one by the year-end with a bit carried forward to next year,” he said.
He was speaking after opening the Batu 10 bridge on the Kuching-Serian Road, which is part of the Pan Borneo Highway.
Fadillah said phase one of the Sabah-Sarawak Link Road, which is part of the Trans Borneo Highway, was being implemented. The highway will connect the divisions in Sarawak.
“Our target in the next five years is to complete the remaining part of the Pan Borneo phase two and the Trans Borneo Sarawak, covering the Brunei by-pass.
“Hence, Limbang and Lawas residents will be able to travel to Miri and then via the land routes to the other divisions,” he added.
Phase one of the Pan Borneo Sarawak Highway project worth RM16.117 billion involves 11 work packages with a 786-kilometre route from Telok Melano in Miri while the Pan Borneo Highway phase two from Limbang to Lawas is expected to be ready by 2028. - FMT
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