KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 (Bernama) -- The Pan-Borneo Highway project linking Sematan, Sarawak and Serudong, Sabah, will be tendered out to enable it to be completed in a shorter period, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday.
Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said if the project were implemented in a conventional manner through the government's five-year development plan, it would only be completed in 2025.
This will enable the project to trigger socioeconomic development in both states for the benefit of the people, she in a reply to a supplementary question from Wong Sze Phin (DAP-Kota Kinabalu).
Rosnah said the initial consultations were being conducted with prospective companies but information on the bidders involved and the implementation method could not be made public as the negotiations were still at an early stage.
To the original question from Wong, Rosnah said so far, the government had approved four segments of the project through a conventional manner since 2013 accounting for RM647 million.
This includes upgrading of Jalan Donggongon-Simpang Papar Spur for a distance of 13.7 km at costing RM233 million and Jalan Petagas-Lok Kawi (6 km) costing RM136 million.
The others are upgrading of Jalan Tawau-Semporna from the Tawau Airport junction to Semporna (phase one) costing RM170 million and Jalan Segama-Lahad Datu (phase one) (5.6km) costing RM108 million, she said.
-- BERNAMA
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