News about Pan Borneo Highway

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): The construction of Phase 2 of the Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway (LPB) from Limbang to Lawas will resume this year and is expected to be completed by 2028, said Deputy Works Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup (pictured).

BINTULU (Feb 21): The government is optimistic that the construction of Phase 1 of the Pan Borneo Highway project can be completed by the end of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): The new completion date for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway will be announced after the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), which is scheduled for early next year, said Deputy Works Minister Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government will not revert back to the project delivery partner (PDP) structure for the Pan Borneo Highway project, although the Ministry of Works has put in place a mitigation plan to further improve the execution of the project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Ekovest Bhd and its wholly-owned subsidiary Ekovest Construction Sdn Bhd (ECSB) are being sued by their former joint venture partner Samling Resources Sdn Bhd over a dispute involving work on the Sarawak portion of the Pan Borneo Highway project.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 14): A bridge under construction in Pujut, Miri collapsed yesterday, injuring two workers, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): Zecon Bhd’s auditor Messrs Crowe Horwath has highlighted a material uncertainty in the group’s financial statements for the financial year ended June 30, 2019 (FY19).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Payment for the Pan Borneo highway project is not delayed and is expected to arrive as per the agreement with the works package contractors (WPCs), said Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Gadang Holdings Bhd said it intends to participate in the open tender process for the three Pan Borneo Sabah packages — worth RM925 million — to be awarded next year, besides having submitted bids for some RM1 billion worth of construction jobs.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The government will be opening up RM925 million worth of packages for the Sabah portion of Pan Borneo Highway in the first quarter of next year (1Q20).