IJM unit bags RM247m Sarawak road contracts
KUCHING: IJM Construction Sdn Bhd has secured a RM246.7mil contract for two of the five packages of the 62.3km access road to the proposed Murum hydroelectric dam in Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).
Two other packages were awarded to Loh & Loh Construction Sdn Bhd (RM99.3mil) and Pekerjaan Piasau Konkerit Sdn Bhd (RM116.3mil). The fifth package will be dished out soon.
Sarawak Infrastructure Development and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin said the entire project would cost RM645mil and involve the construction of 13 reinforced concrete bridges.
“The four packages awarded will be completed in 24 to 27 months,’’ he told reporters after the contract signing ceremony here yesterday.
Manyin said due to the 13 bridges and difficult terrain, it would cost about RM10mil to construct every 1km of the accesss road.
IJM’s contract involves the upgrading of existing 20km logging road, construction of 11km new road and five bridges.
Meanwhile, Loh & Loh and Pekerjaan Piasau will each build 11km new road and two bridges.
Under the fifth package, the remaining 9km new road and three bridges will be constructed.
The access road will be ready by mid-2012, ahead of the scheduled completion of the 944MW Murum dam in 2013. The dam will supply power to energy-intensive industries in Samalaju Industrial Park within SCORE.
Manyin said the awarding of the projects marked the start of major infrastructure work in SCORE, adding that the Economic Planning Unit had approved road projects worth RM4bil for the corridor.
These include RM1bil for a 136km new road from Sangan in Tatau to Kapit and RM1bil for an access road to the proposed Baram hydro dam in northern Sarawak.
“These road projects will be a big boost to Sarawak economy. The spillover effects will be enormous,’’ added Manyin.
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