Government approves RM200 million bridge in Kemanan under ECER

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Finance Ministry has approved the construction of the Bukit Kuang Bridge in Kemaman which involves an allocation of RM200 million, Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said on Monday June 14.

He said the bridge would be constructed under the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECER) programme. It would be 15 metres high and have four lanes, he said at the signing of an ECER collaborative agreement on goat-breeding among the ECER Development Council (ECERDC), the Veterinary Services Department (JPV) and the Malaysian
Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) and a commercial agreement on boat-breeding among the ECERDC, JPV and the Terengganu Agrotech Development Corporation (TADC).

Ahmad said the construction of the Hulu Tersat goat breeding and innovation centre would begin in August and was expected to be completed in two years. A goat farm will be established in Telaga Papan, Setiu.

He said the government targeted to establish 35 goat farms with the capacity to yield more than 36,000 goats by 2015.  -- Bernama