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 […]
Return maintenance project to JKR
KUCHING: The Pan Borneo Highway maintenance project should be returned to the Public Works Department (JKR) to prevent more tragedies, said Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. He said the Pan Borneo Highway is still plagued by uneven surfaces and littered with unsafe construction practices. He pointed out that the current party responsible for […]
Smooth traffic flow for road users
MIRI: The traffic situation at the Pujut Section of the Pan Borneo Highway has been smooth and comfortable for road users since is opening in February. The 16-kilometre section is one of three sections constructed under the Work Package Contract 11 (WPC11) since it began construction in 2016. The other two sections, the Beluru Section […]
Bukit Semuja rep wants safety measures at Gedong stretch
KUCHING: Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus wants Pan Borneo Highway contractors responsible for the Jalan Simpang Gedong section to take immediate measures to ensure the safety of road users. “Last month, there were a few accidents there, and one involved the loss of life,” he said on Wednesday (May 5). “Flow of traffic is confusing, […]
Road closed; use alternative route
MIRI: Members of the public, particularly road users of KM28 from Miri city centre (at Lambir) Pan Borneo Highway project, are advised to use alternative road due temporarily road closure. The Public Works Department (JKR) in a statement today said the temporarily road closure is to allow cleaning works of the road due to oil […]
Assemblyman wants Batang Ai infrastructure improved
LUBOK ANTU: Batang Ai assemblyman Datuk Malcolm Mussen Lamoh has urged the government to improve the infrastructure and amenities in his constituency. He requested especially for a dual-carriageway to connect the constituency to the Pan Borneo Highway or a special purpose railway that would go all the way to the deep seaport of Tanjong Manis […]
Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway 60 percent completion
KUCHING: Pan Borneo Highway Project has achieved 60 percent overall progress in Sarawak, said Senior Minister of Works, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He noted that the project was behind schedule following the implementation of movement control order (MCO) and Covid-19 pandemic. “I foresee there will be at least about one and a half year delay. […]
Anjung Usahawan Telok Melano ready next January
SEMATAN: The RM 3.8 million Anjung Usahawan Telok Melano project is expected to be completed by January next year. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the project was supposed to be completed within 18 months after it was awarded to the contractors in January this year. “The contractors are confident of […]
Pujut Interchange temporary closure until June
MIRI: The Pujut Link Interchange of Pan Borneo Highway project here is expected to close until June this year to make way for road widening and construction zone works. Previously, the general public used the old single carriage way dual direction to commute but they can no longer do so as the road is now […]
New U-turnings to ease 7th Mile traffic congestion
KUCHING: New U-turnings under the Pan Borneo Highway flyover at the 7th Mile traffic-light intersection will be made to ease traffic congestion. “I know the road congestion here is pretty bad. So a U-turn road will be constructed under the flyover from Serian to Kuching,” said Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang. “Another […]
