Old Highway Issue

Sarawak hell highway

BARAM: The 46-km long Beluru Sungai Teru highway is urgently needed repairs, said Baram MP Datuk Jacob Sagan.

The highway, which is part of a proposed project to link Long Lama, Miri and Kota Kinabalu in Sabah - has not been updated since the 1980s and now has severe damage.

And is one of the motorways ... These extend to Beluru Sungai Teru is filled with huge potholes. - Dan Stephen / The Star
The whole piece is about a river of mud during heavy rains, causing huge problems of vehicles for more than 30,000 people in Baram parliamentary constituency.

"The highway is very dangerous and many accidents happened related to vehicles, Trucks and lorries. The inner man suffered tremendously for decades, because this is the only road link in urban centers such as Miri.

"Datuk Seri Samy Vellu Works Minister promised to help get RM50mil to upgrade the stretch, the Public Works Department but said it would need at least RM150mil.

"Immediate attention is required for about 1600 vehicles pass through this area every day," she told reporters after taking a five-hour drive through the terrible damage the highway.

Sagan said huge 40-ton timber carrier Trucks and palm oil routes are day and night has contributed to the injury