Federal Grant Not Yet Received, Awang Tengah: 73.8 km Borneo Highway Project Faces Delay
Published atNov 20, 2024 12:33 pm
(Kuching, 20th) The 73.8 km long Borneo highway project is facing delay as the Land Survey Department is awaiting a federal government grant of RM 194.45 million for land acquisition.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development II, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah, pointed out that due to the inability to allocate the necessary funds, construction work cannot proceed as planned this November.
Meanwhile, for the Second Trunk Road/Coastal Highway project, the Land Survey Department has completed land reclamation for a 255.6 km stretch.
For the Sarawak Sabah Link Road (SSLR) project, Awang Tengah stated that RM 300 million has been allocated to the Land Survey Department for land reclamation.
“The 122 km long road reclamation work will be completed by the end of this year, with the remaining 275.5 km to be completed by 2025.”
Awang Tengah disclosed this during his department summary at the Sarawak Assembly today.
On the other hand, he said the Land Survey Department has completed a 6 km road reclamation for the Northern Coastal Highway project by the end of 2023, with the remaining 82.7 km road stretch requiring a total of RM 140 million.
“I urge all executing agencies of both Sarawak and the federal government to ensure sufficient funding is provided and immediately allocated to the Land Survey Department to complete the reclamation work.”
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