By NICK FLETCHER
SARIKEI: The first carriageway of the new 35m single span is expected to be opened to public by June.
Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU) project manager for Works Package 06 Suhaili Md Salleh said work is now focused on deck slabbing before it moves on to do the parapet wall.
“Once the first carriageway is opened to traffic, we can move on to demolish the old bridge next to it to construct a new one.
“We schedule the overall bridge completion to be in April next year,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to him, another new bridge, the 35m single span Sungai Seblak Bridge, which is adjacent to the access road to Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Lichok, would see its first carriageway ready by end of this year.
“We had just launched the beams for this new bridge recently, and soon we will cast the deck slab before we do the parapet wall.
“Like Sungai Sebetan Bridge, once the first carriageway is opened to traffic tentatively end of this year, we will move on to demolish the old bridge to construct a new one.
“We expect the overall bridge completion to be in June next year,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Suhaili revealed that about 4.8km of the new carriageway from Sungai Awik Bridge to Old Saratok Road junction is now opened to traffic.
He added another 2.4km of the first carriageway from Old Saratok Road junction towards Sarikei would be ready by next month.
Construction of Works Package 06 involves upgrading the existing 64.486km of two-lane federal trunk road of R3 standard to four-lane dual carriageway of R5 standard, which includes six bridges and two interchanges in Sarikei and Bintangor.
