RM2bil Roads for Sarawak

Looking at the rate the dams are being planned and constructed, make me wonders, if any body ever thought through and consider the needs of such project. There were report that even the Bakun Dam will meet the energy needs of Sabah and Sarawak by 300%.

About 10 years ago, we we shocked by schools being built without students. Building projects are good to generate income for the construction companies, but let make sure it is beneficial.

-------------------

The tender for the major roads in Sarawak were closed in Aug and Oct 2010. The construction firms from Sarawak and the peninsular were among the bidders. The roads cited were the access road to the proposed hydro electric dams in Kapit and Limbang.

The evaluation for the bidders are being done by PWD.

The road will include the followings:

a. 73 km access to the Balleh dam in Kapit

b. 63 km road to Baram hydro dam

c. 22 km road to Limbang hydro dam

d. 136 km road to Nanga Merit coal mine in Kapit.

The roads are being funded by rm 4 bil allocations made Economic Planing Unit

The first of the six projects was tendered (?open or closed tender) was the rm 645 mil project for 62km road access Bintulu Bakun. IJN won 2 segments and Loh&Loh secured one package.

The 944 MW is on the upstream of 2,400 MW Bakun dam. It is developed by Sarawak Energy Bhd.

SEB is also involved in Limbang 160 MW dam scheduled to complete in 2012, BBaram dam 1000 MW in 2015 and Balleh 900MW in 2016.

Other proposed project are the Mukah Airport, the extension of Tanjung Manis Airport and the Skill Training Institute.