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TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE Ongoing roadworks flank original road on Pan Borneo Highway project – here near Sri Aman Royal Brunei Airlines introduces flights to Kuching and Sibu in Sarawak The new Royal Brunei routes A new transport backbone – the Pan Borneo Highway Travel by road across the vast state of Sarawak continues to be a long journey – up to 19 hours from Sematan to Miri currently on a tarred, but often rough two-lane road. Royal Brunei Airlines has launched services to Sarawak with flights to Kuching and Sibu as part of its new “RB Link” services. To accelerate the socio-economic growth of Sabah and Sarawak, a major effort to fully develop and upgrade the Pan Borneo Highway into a fourlane dual carriageway was announced by Malaysia’s Prime Minister in April 2013. But the origins of a planned trunk road connecting the expansive states of Sarawak and Sabah, with Brunei in between, date back to the 1960s when it was known as the Trans-Borneo Highway. Construction works began in 2015, and now almost half the works have been accomplished throughout the state. When completed in the coming years, the future toll-free Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak from Telok Melano to Merapok is expected to span a total distance of 1,060 km. It will become THE transportation backbone of the states of Sabah and Sarawak and will play a major role in opening-up economic corridors and opportunities in areas it traverses. Pavement works – at some stretches, new 2-lane single carriageway are already taking shape. These will be progressively opened to traffic, to enable construction works to concentrate on the next two-lane single carriageway “We are very pleased to be able to expand our footprint in Sarawak with two new destinations, Kuching and Sibu through our brand-new innovative product, RB Link. This allows for more trade and tourism opportunities between the cities, and also provides residents from Kuching and Sibu with greater travel choices to any of our exciting cities within the RB global network,” said Ai Ling, RB’s Senior Vice President of Sales. Flights to and from Sibu began on 14 November 2019 KUCHING LAUNCHES NEW HYDROGEN-POWERED BUS SERVICE The new zero emission hydrogen bus in Kuching Sarawak’s highly anticipated zero emission hydrogen bus service was launched in January 2020, operating on two routes with stops near various attractions in the city. The pilot project has begun with two buses – one operating the Downtown Heritage Loop and the other on the much longer Damai Loop. The service is a joint effort of the State Transport Ministry and Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) to promote a reliable, affordable, safe and ecofriendly public transportation system in Sarawak 22 SMART GUIDE www.sarawaktourism.com
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