Sarawak Second Minister of Planning and Environment, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, today said that the plan to upgrade the trunk road into a highway had long been made and would just be a matter of implementing it.
He said in fact, several parts of the Pan-Borneo road had already been upgraded to dual carriageways and the plan by the State would expedite the process of upgrading the rest.
"We are very realistic (about completing the project in five years' time). The main issue now is we are giving priority to this project," he told a press conference here.
He was asked to comment on one of the pledges made under Barisan Nasional's 13th general election manifesto on building a 2,300km Pan-Borneo Highway from Sematan, Sarawak to Serudung, Sabah.
Awang Tengah said Sarawak had been getting special attention from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak ever since the latter became the Prime Minister.
He said between 2008 and early 2013, the Federal government had approved RM32.17 billion to carry out development projects in the state.
"Never before had Sarawak enjoyed such a big allocation from the Federal government," he added.
Meanwhile, the State's Infrastructure Development Minister, Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong, who was also present at the press conference said about RM9 billion would be required to upgrade the remaining single-lane road to dual-carriageway.
At the moment, he said out of the total 1,010km road, about 300 km had been upgraded into dual carriageways while about 710km were still single lanes.-- BERNAMA
Read more: Awang Tengah: 1,000km pan-Borneo dual carriageway in 5 years a realistic pledge - Latest - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/awang-tengah-1-000km-pan-borneo-dual-carriageway-in-5-years-a-realistic-pledge-1.250912#ixzz2RKeyIIvT
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