THE construction of the Trans-Borneo Highway linking the interiors of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan in Indonesia will be completed in the next 10 years, said Works Minister Baru Bian.

He said the highway would be the third mega project to be implemented in Borneo, along with the Pan Borneo Highway and Sarawak-Sabah Link Road (SSLR).

“The Budget has provided RM600 million funding for the 40km highway that will include a Customs, Immigration, Quarantine and Security complex in Serundong, Sabah.

“The tender for the project should come out by the end of August or later this year,” he told reporters at a Chinese New Year open house in Kuching today.

He said the proposed highway will link Serundong, Simenggaris, Melinau, Kerayan and Long Bawan in Kalimantan before crossing into Sarawak’s northern interior settlement of Ba’Kelalan.

“It would then connect to the SSLR (Sabah-Sarawak Link Road) to Long Pasia in Sabah, where a new road would be built to Sapulut to take travellers back to Kalabakan,” he said, adding that the ministry was also giving the SSLR project a priority. – Bernama, January 28, 2020.