SADONG JAYA: Contractors have been told to speed up the upgrading and rehabilitation of roads in Sadong Jaya, Samarahan division which link to the state’s coastal road network.
Assistant Minister of Infrastructure and Port Development Datuk Julaihi Narawi said this at a press conference after a site visit to two projects for the coastal road network here today (Oct 20).
The two projects comprised the Kota Samarahan/ Sadong Jaya Road and the Sadong Jaya/ Sungai Buloh Road in the Samarahan division.
Julaihi expressed his displeasure at the shoddy performance of the contractors in not able to complete the projects which have been delayed by 39 percent.
He said such lackluster performance was not acceptable as the people have already expressed their frustrations at the delay.
Works on the Kota Samarahan/ Sadong Jaya Road costing RM14.32 million commenced on March 2 and is scheduled for completion in April, 2022.
“The total upgrading and rehabilitation length of the road is 11.233 kilometres with JKRS Type R3 (Modified) standard,” he said.
Similarly, the 8.2km Sadong Jaya/ Sungai Buloh Road costing over RM9.3 million commenced on October 2020 and was scheduled to be completed in December this year.
Julaihi said the roads would be the main arteries for the coastal road network to enhance the socio-economic activities in the coastal areas.
He pointed out that besides the coastal road network, the state government was also aggressively developing and upgrading of missing links of road infrastructure, bridges and trunk roads in Sarawak.
