KUCHING: The Sarawak government plans to take over former logging roads and wooden bridges to improve connectivity to rural settlements, says state Deputy Infrastructure and Port Development Minister Datuk Aidel Lariwoo.
He said there was a total of 5,297km of logging roads connecting settlements in rural areas across the state.
Of this, 3,293km are still active while 2,004km are no longer in use.
"Former logging roads and wooden bridges, which are in urgent need of repair or of high importance, can be considered as proposed projects under the 13th Malaysia Plan," Aidel told Nicholas Kudi (GPS-Baleh) during question time in the Sarawak Legislative Assembly on Friday (May 23).
To a supplementary question, he said the state government was registering former logging roads under the Malaysian Road Records Information System (Marris).
"This will enable funds to be allocated under Marris for the maintenance of these roads, either as state roads or village roads according to their criteria and specifications," he added.
