The upgrading project on the link
between Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan into a four-lane two-way road will be
carried out in stages at a cost RM2.5 billion , the Dewan Rakyat was told
yesterday.
Deputy
Minister of Public Works Datuk Yong Khoon Seng said the project involved the
route from Kota Kinabalu-Tamparuli (36km), Tamparuli-Ranau (72km),
Ranau-Telupid (98km) and Telupid-Sandakan (130km).
“At the
moment, only 70km of the route has been upgraded into a four-lane two-way road,
from Kota Kinabalu to Tamparuli and from Jalan Batu Lapan to Jalan Gum Gum in
Sandakan,” he said when replying to a question by Datuk Abd Rahman Dahlan
(BN-Kota Belud).
In
February, Yong had said the government had agreed to approve immediate
additional allocations of RM100 million to upgrade the main roads in Sabah and
Sarawak especially, the Pan Borneo road and the trunk road connecting the West
Coast and East Coast of Sabah. He said the
ministry was evaluating small projects costing RM200,000 to RM2 million for the
purpose of upgrading the main roads in Sabah and Sarawak
The BorneoPost Online 16 Mac 2012