The proposed Batang Saribas bridge,with an estimated cost of RM496mil, will be the next to be awarded soon after tender closed in February, according to Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Development and Transportation Tan Sri James Masing (pic).
KUCHING: More Sarawak and peninsula-based construction companies are expected to secure jobs under the billion-ringgit Sarawak Coastal Road Network project as the award of contracts picks up momentum.Five contracts – four of them bridge projects across rivers – worth a combined RM1.76bil have been awarded since February.
The coastal road network project, which spans a distance of 896km, involves the construction of nine major bridges across rivers.
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