Government plans to revive mega road project bypassing Brunei


This mountain settlement of the Bakelalan highlands in interior northern Sarawak may be connected to the outside world via a major road project proposed by Works Minister Baru Bian. -Photo by Stephen Then

MIRI: The Federal Government is looking into a plan to revive a mega road project linking Miri to Limbang and Lawas, and the rural northern frontiers, without passing through Brunei.

Works Minister Baru Bian said his ministry will look into the project financing, adding that the move will open up vast economic and tourism potentials for northern Sarawak.

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