PWD told to be on standby for floods
KUCHING: The Public Works Department (PWD) will have to be on standby mode to repair damaged roads due to flooding, following a directive from Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah said committees and agencies involved, namely the District Disaster Management Committee and Divisional Disaster Management Committee, were instructed to be prepared in view […]
Task force to oversee progress of highway project
By Jacintha Jolene & Tania Matu KUCHING: The Works Ministry and Sarawak Public Works Department (PWD) have agreed to form a task force to oversee the progress of the Pan Borneo Highway project. Caretaker Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the task force would also help to address issues that arose during the […]
Contracts for 18 critical projects, worth RM563 mil, to be terminated
KUCHING: The contracts for 18 projects in Sarawak, involving roads, bridges, schools, upgrading works, which worth RM563 million have been or are to be terminated soon. They are among the 95 projects worth a total of RM10.357 billion listed as critical delay projects up to June this year. This was pointed out to Deputy Premier […]
More delay for flyovers’ opening
KUCHING: The opening of both (fast and slow) lanes for the 6th and 7th Mile Flyovers will be further delayed. This is due to out-of-stock bitumen supply in Kuching since early of June. The Public Works Department (JKR) Sarawak’s Pan Borneo Highway Unit stated that the bitumen supplier in Kuching was having delayed shipment of […]
Ensuring optimal road safety along Pan Borneo highway
KUCHING: The Public Works Department (JKR) will continue to ensure that road safety measures are in place at construction sites along the Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak. In a statement today, the department also reminded motorists to inculcate safe driving habits by obeying traffic regulations, respecting the rights of other drivers and maintaining physical and mental […]
JKR Sarawak — Tender notice
Traffic signal pole topples in hit-and-run
MIRI: A traffic signal pole at Merbau Junction here was knocked down by a speeding car on Friday (Dec 11) evening. The Sarawak Public Works Department (JKR) said the case was classified as a ‘hit-and-run’. “A report has been lodged at Miri Police Station. “The incident was captured by a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance camera […]
Check first before criticising
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen’s criticism on the construction of the Pan Borneo Highway and 7th Mile flyover causing traffic congestion at 7th Mile Bazaar is misleading. Padawan Municipal Council (PMC) chairman Lo Khere Chiang said this in response to a press statement by Chong recently. Earlier, Chong said that […]
No structural crack underneath Kenyalang flyover
KUCHING: Road users are assured that the Kenyalang flyover at Kenyalang roundabout near BDC is safe as there is no structural crack underneath it. Federal Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof explained that the diagonal line seen overlapping the concrete is normal in concreting due to formwork. “The investigation by Sarawak Public Works Department (JKR) […]
