Brother Ikhwan Zaini's Tan Sri Road is upgraded

KUCHING, Oct 17: The RM6.27 million road upgrade project in Samarang, completed on July 31, will improve consumer safety and traffic flow in the area.

Deputy Minister in Sarawak's Premier Department (Laws, MA63 and State-Federal Relations), Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali, said the project implemented by North Kuching City Council (DBKU) meets the needs of residents for better road facilities.

He said the classification also included setting up of signal lights to help launch traffic flow, while landscape improvement through planting trees and flowers is proposed to widen the area.

"The government is always paying attention to the development and calibration of road infrastructure, including in Samariaang, to improve the well-being of the population as well as launch daily movement", he said at the Tan Sri Road Project Launch Council Abang Ikhwan Zaini here last night.

The project includes improvements to the leveling system, increased road capacity, replacement of existing road and runway structures, funicular work as well as road redevelopment.

It also involves the installation of lines and road fittings to improve consumer safety and rainwater management.

In related developments, Sharifah Hasidah said that development in the area also includes provision of community facilities like futsal fields as well as construction and redevelopment of mosques and south through development projects and Rural Transformation Program (RTP).

He said Sukma Park Hall is also ready and will be inaugurated, while the Village Expansion Scheme in Semariang Batu village is planned with over 100 sites of houses being prepared.

"The design of this road is seen as a catalyst for major changes to the population in the N7 Samarang area", he said. -TVS