An additional allocation of RM30 million for the upgrading of the East-West Highway connecting Gerik to Jeli has been announced by prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, according to a Bernama report.
The allocation was for the one-off maintenance cost of the highway, which is estimated to be in the region of RM80 million to RM100 million, the prime minister said.
There were many requests for road maintenance allocations throughout the country, and these would be considered when tabling the second Madani budget in October, said Anwar, who is also the finance minister of Malaysia. “But today, I can approve an additional RM30 million for upgrading this [highway],” he said.
The Malaysian government had approved additional allocations totalling RM370 million for the maintenance of federal roads throughout the country, Anwar said, adding that this sum was for the maintenance of said federal roads which were not provided for in the contracts with concession companies.
“A total of RM20 million is a special allocation for district engineers and RM50 million for [the] installation and maintenance of lights in accident-prone areas,” the prime minister said. The government had also approved allocations of RM250 million for maintenance works involving small Bumiputera contractors, Bernama reported.
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When he mean “through out the country”, does it include sabah and sarawak? If it does, i don’t think its enough.
Got kembara of Agong in Borneo later for 11 days..something gonna be plan also for sure
Rm 100mil just to upgrade 1 highway and balance 270mil for the rest of the country that includes 20 highways. Go figure how realistic is their intentions. That sum is realistically only sufficient for Selangor, so this is more like lip service or prolly just enough to patch potholes.
Our roads are deteriorating badly and this is all they give.
High time this gahmen is replaced.
The pictures you saw in media, they were just us donning up spacesuits in telupid with the murica flag
Kerja2 jalan ni menteri kerja raya takde ke? Elok lg samy velu
allocation kena lalu menteri finance dulu woi. memangla samy vellu nampak elok sebab dah jadi menteri for many years. nak compare pun bagila nampak cerdik sikit.
Please add EV chargers along the route. EV owners from Penang/Kedah can’t make it to Kelantan/ Terengganu via this route. You have to drive to KL first and then only to East coast.
I am planning to make that journey. My best option is to make a short detour into Saturn Thailand – a border town near Pengkalan Hulu. There is an EV charger there. Shameful to think that, in Thailand, even their deep south border towns have EV chargers around. In Malaysian, we don’t even have chargers in major highway routes.
Will new gov follow Mahathir’s gov style, RM250 million to district engineer but sub sub sub sub sub sub sub contract RM250.00 to bangla/indons
PH supporters voted for him a 2nd time, so they have accepted this is the way to do things?