Uggah cracks the whip on project delays
LIMBANG: The Public Works Department (PWD) has been told to get its act together and address project delays quickly. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas who was appalled by delays to the RM187 million Limbang Bridge and the RM6.392 million Limbang Museum, said it needs to plan and implement catch-up programmes. Work on the […]
84 sick projects in Sarawak despite JKR’s sophisticated SOP
KUCHING: Sarawak Public Works Department (JKR) has been urged to review its work process to minimise the occurrence of sick projects in the state. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Port Development (MIPD) Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the department had already a sophisticated standard operating procedure yet the problem still existed. “There are […]
Miri Airport Road partly closed June 18
MIRI: One lane of the Miri Airport Road along the Pan Borneo Highway will be closed for road users on June 18 starting at 5am and to reopen on June 19 at 7am. The Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway Unit of the Public Works Department (JKR) announced in a press release that the closure is to […]
New Sarawak JaPen director visits Bintulu office
BINTULU: The Information Department (JaPen) office here received a visit from new Sarawak JaPen director on Thursday (June 16). Jaafar Jantan also visited the Public Works Department (JKR) here together with information officer Pauline Sating. They were briefed by JKR officials as well as the contractor on the status of Bintulu JaPen’s office. The contractor […]
Upgrading works at Jalan Poh Kwong, Batu 12 from June 20 onwards
KUCHING: Jalan Poh Kwong, Batu 12, Siburan Kuching will undergo drainage and sewerage upgrading works from June 20 to August 3. Following this, the Public Works Department (JKR) Southern Region Office advised road users to drive safely and follow the safety traffic instructions while the upgrading works were underway. “Until the upgrading works are completed, […]
Partial closure of Samalaju road
MIRI: A temporary partial closure of Jalan Samalaju towards Batu Niah will be carried out to make room for culvert replacement work from June 13 to October 13. The work to replace the culvert involves two different locations namely at Culvert 1 (KM74) before WTK Agriculture and Culvert 2 oil palm plantations (KM75) before the […]
Alternate access roads must be wide enough, stresses rep
KUCHING: Chong Chieng Jen has suggested that the Public Works Department (JKR) and Kuching City South Council (MBKS) ensure lanes in the city be properly widened to cater to increased traffic. The Padungan assemblyman said that this should be done before JKR designates a housing estate lane to be an alternative route during a construction […]
MP wants bridge built this year
By Jasmine Badun KUCHING: The Selampit Bridge, which has been promised many times in elections, should be given immediate attention by the state government, said Mas Gading MP Mordi Bimol. The Public Works Department (JKR) Sarawak as the implementing agency for the project had submitted a siting application four times to the State Planning Authority […]
SK Long Sukang to be completed under 12MP’s Rolling Plan 2
THE abandoned works at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Long Sukang in Lawas will finally be completed under the 12th Malaysian Plan’s (12MP) Rolling Plan 2. According to Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn, among the project’s work scopes would be the inspection of abandoned buildings’ structural integrity as well as […]
Over 200 attend Sarawak JKR safety workshop
KUCHING: The Public Works Department (JKR) Sarawak through Coastal and Second Trunk Road (CSTR) together with Opus Consultants held a CSTR Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Management Workshop from May 10 to 11 at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching here. Over 200 people from the CSTR Project attended, including construction managers, site engineers, chief resident engineers, […]
