Siniawan road repair to complete by month end
BAU: The repair of culverts within the road heading to Siniawan (old Bau-Kuching road) will be completed by the end of this month. Public Works Department (PWD) Divisional engineer Liew Ming Chek said the repair was supposed to be completed on Sunday (January 7). However, continuous rain which occurred throughout the Siniawan area over the […]
Plan for new road, car parks at PPR Taman Dahlia
KUCHING: A new road and extended car parks will be built to facilitate the tenants of the People’s Housing Programme (PPR) Taman Dahlia here. Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the tenants currently only have access to a narrow road and a temporary one for them to get in and out of […]
MPP announces road closure to ease traffic
KUCHING: The road near the Petronas station in Bandar Baru Batu Kawa MJC will be closed to traffic soon. Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Tan Kai, said effective Sept 10, road users must exercise caution and prepare for alternate routes in view of the permanent closure. “The decision to close the mentioned road stems from […]
Tiong warns against hasty opening of road
KUCHING: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has cautioned against any plans to open a section of Jalan Sultan Iskandar – Jalan Kemena in its current state. “For the sake of people’s safety, there is no way the road as it is now should be opened to the public,” he said in a statement […]
PBH road Engkilili junction stretch opens
KUCHING: The Pan Borneo Highway (PBH) road stretch from Engkilili junction to Kampung Sepalu along the Jalan Sri Aman-Betong is now open to the public. Its opened stretch involves the four-lane two-way road from KM33-KM45 (WPC04), according to the Pan Borneo Highway Branch. “Road users are advised to be careful when using the road during […]
Road upgrades near INTAN roundabout result in road closure
KUCHING: The road near the INTAN roundabout along the Kuching/ Samarahan Expressway will be temporarily closed for road upgrading works. The Public Works Department (JKR) said the affected routes are from Kuching to Samarahan, Samarahan to Mile 15, Mile 15 to Samarahan, Samarahan to Jalan Mohd Musa and Jalan Mohd Musa to Samarahan. The department […]
Assemblyman stresses integrity of RTP projects.
MUKAH: During a recent site visit to several Rural Transformation Project (RTP) sites, Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi urged contractors to maintain the integrity of project specifications and to complete them on time. Arbi stressed that the projects were crucial in facilitating the needs of residents in rural areas and that timely completion would ensure […]
Road repair in progress
MIRI: Repair work is being carried out on the collapsed section of the 80-metre-long Kejapil-Beraya Bakam road here. The section collapsed eight days ago due to heavy rain. Deputy Premier, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who visited the site yesterday morning, has given his assurance that the construction work will be completed within 10 days. […]
Need to upgrade road link to Indonesia
LUNDU: The road connecting Sarawak and Indonesia needs to be upgraded before Indonesia relocates its administrative capital to East Kalimantan. In stating this, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said this initial preparation needs to be done by the Malaysian side no later than 2024. “I […]
Six killed as huge sinkhole swallows bus
BEIJING: An enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in north-west China, sparking an explosion, killing six people and leaving four more missing, state media said yesterday. Footage showed people at a bus stop running from the collapsing road as the vehicle — jutting into the air — sank into the ground. Several people disappeared […]
