KUALA LUMPUR: The Pan-Borneo Highway project linking Sematan, Sarawak and Serudong, Sabah, will be tendered out to enable it to be completed in a shorter period, the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday.

Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said if the project were implemented in a conventional manner through the government’s five-year development plan, it would only be completed in 2025.

This will enable the project to trigger socioeconomic development in both states for the benefit of the people, she in a reply to a supplementary question from Wong Sze Phin (DAP-Kota Kinabalu) yesterday.

Rosnah said the initial consultations were being conducted with prospective companies but information on the bidders involved and the implementation method could not be made public as the negotiations were still at an early stage. — Bernama