Peat soil challenge for Pan-Borneo Highway builders


Here we go: Fadillah (second from right) clicking the trackpad on a laptop to launch the Peat Technology Research Institute.

SIBU: There is a need to handle peat soil with proper care in the construction of the proposed RM27bil Pan-Borneo Highway so as to avoid cost overruns, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

He said contractors under the Public Private Partnership Unit (Ukas), which has been tasked to speed up the implementation of the highway project, would need the expertise on soft soil development to carry out the project.

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