SARAWAK HOPES OVERTAKING LANES ON KUCHING-MIRI ROAD CAN BE READY IN TWO YEARS

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KUCHING, June 15 (Bernama) -- Sarawak hopes that all the 95 overtaking lanes

proposed for construction along the trunk road between Miri and Kuching can be

completed in two years, State Infrastructure Development and Communication

Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong said today.

He said that for this year, 10 of such lanes of one-kilometre length each

would be built following initial funding of RM50 million from the federal

government.

"We will not stop here (to ask for federal funds) but will continue to get

our plans ready based on their (federal) rolling plan," he told reporters after

inspecting the Tabuan River second bridge project, here.

Last year, the State Public Works Department had estimated that it would

cost about RM400 million to build the required number of overtaking lanes.

Manyin said the state requested for funds to build the overtaking lanes at

strategic locations along the 900-km trunk road after the federal government

found that the present traffic volume had yet to warrant upgrading of the road

to a highway.

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SARAWAK-ROAD 2 (LAST) KUCHING

Meanwhile, work to upgrade a road leading to the Tabuan River bridge to six

lanes would be completed before the end of this year, Manyin said.

He said construction of the second bridge was completed recently and it

would be opened to traffic from today.

The second bridge and road upgrading work, which cost RM267 million, were

carried out to smoothen flow of traffic, comprising mainly industrial vehicles.

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