Pan Borneo Highway Sabah

In sabah the progress is only between 18 to 20 per cent.

Pan borneo highway sabah. Image by john c. When completed it will connect sarawak and sabah via the sultanate of brunei. Pan borneo highways in sabah sarawak 32 and 52pc complete until june says works ministry. The impetus for improved road connectivity across sabah and sarawak grew in the 70s leading to a plan by the governments of malaysia both federal and state brunei and kalimantan indonesia to develop further the idea of constructing a highway along the coastline of borneo.

In just over 30 years from now it is projected that there will. This doesn t make sense as we sabah and sarawak aree supposed to move together he told reporters after clocking in the ministry s office earlier today. The contractor responsible for the section of the pan borneo highway from sungai tangap in sibuti to jalan pujut link road here will be asked to do repair works along a damaged stretch there. Construction of the 1 090km portion in sarawak is divided into a dozen packages.

But from the outset conservationists and scientists voiced concerns that the road would force people from their homes harm sensitive environments and threaten borneo s splendid diversity of wildlife. Hsl was a forerunner and was one of the earliest awarded a package. We were left behind. Contractors carry out construction work on the pan borneo highway near jalan mawao membakut in membakut january 7 2020.

Ecologically sensitive and critical wildlife stretches of the pan borneo highway in sabah photo from forever sabah. The pan borneo highway project progress in sarawak has reached 50 per cent. Pan borneo highway will be toll free since it is the main artery connecting sabah and sarawak and there are no alternative routes between the two states yab dato seri mohd najib tun abdul razak former prime minister of malaysia. However a missing link does exist from serudong sabah to simanggaris north kalimantan which is supposed to connect sabah with north kalimantan.

The pan borneo highway asian highway route ah150 is supposed to be a circular highway that runs along the coastlines of sabah sarawak brunei and kalimantan. The pan borneo highway is malaysia s biggest road project spanning more than 2 000km.