The Pan Borneo Highway is expected to be completed by 2021, but Bernama reports that construction of the roadway is ahead of schedule – at least on the 1,089 km Sarawak portion.
Deputy works minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin told the Dewan Rakyat yesterday that as of last month, the Sarawak section has proceeded two percent faster than scheduled, at 14.76% compared to 12.78% under the schedule.
She added that the project, which spans from Telok Melano, Sematan in the southwest of Sarawak to Miri in the northeast, involves 11 packages of work and has been progressing in stages since September 2016. According to Rosnah, the cost of each package ranged from RM580 million to RM2.11 billion.
“Work is going on under all the packages and is expected to be fully completed in June 2021,” she said in response to a question from Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Bandar Kuching) regarding the status of construction of the Pan Borneo Highway.
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2% ahead of schedule after being 20 years late.
better than none lar.. apa u mau lagi?
Can give people free money and still complain thr color of its packaging. People in a nutshell.
U do know who was responsible for that 20+ years delay, right?
The who?
Why do you look at it negatively…? It did start work in 2016 and now the Sarawak section of 1089km is over 14% complete… which expects to be fully finished by 2021… they’ll probably open up the hiway by segments anyways and people can start using it partly… building a hiway in the middle of the jungle do take time and not like cooking Maggi mee… so chill.
Is not build in jungle dear…. Is existing road add on another two lane only…. Yet so call pan borne is like sampan ride, a high way???? Should be called extra two road….
Tq for let people know u have not drive in Swk Sbh.
Lol dah kena Lolz!
And it is not a true highway per se. Some sections are just the existing 2-lane trunk roads with overtaking lanes added instead of full 4-lane of a highway.
Still considered hiway lor. Much better than current laterite roads. Even USA Route 66 is 2 lane but still considered hiway ma.
It is a 4-lane Road all the way
Smart fellow. U must have look at the topography.
u cakap begitu pandai.. u bina sendiri lar sohai
Nothing to shout about.. it’s a necessity since Merdeka.. 60 years late bro
Negara sarawak merdeka 1963 bro.. malaya is 60 year merdeka..
Yes !! But what about the road floodings , collapsing etc etc. In trying to hurry , don’t forget the QUALITY !!!
Interesting. If such big project can be done in 5yrs, I wonder what happened with other small projects, like the expanding of road stretch going to pasir gudang JB (mayb less than 10km) took more than 2yrs to be completed.
Penang terowong study still not yet finish la aiyoyo
Government project ahead of schedule? First time heard of this. We will see at the end if the day