Sarawak has submitted an official proposal to the Federal Government to construct a super-highway along the 1,000 km long Sarawak-Kalimantan border plus a 500 km link road to connect the border superhighway to the Pan Borneo Highway.

The project will cost a mind-boggling RM 38 billion, as indicated by the proposal from the state government to Putrajaya.A budget estimate of RM 38 billion is being proposed to be spent over the 13th Malaysia Plan which means the border superhighway and its link to the Pan Borneo Highway may take at least five years to be constructed across mountainous border in central Sarawak.

This highway is needed fast for the interior population along the border to be able to tap the rapid social-economic developments that are happening now across the border in Kalimantan where the new Indonesian capital Nusantara is growing.

This news was paraphrased from the original article titled Sarawak submits proposal for construction of super-highway published in www.thevibes.com by Stephen Then on 1 November 2024.