About Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak
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.
The impetus for improved road connectivity across Sabah and Sarawak grew in the ‘70s, leading to a plan by the Governments of Malaysia (both Federal and State), Brunei and Kalimantan Indonesia to develop further the idea of constructing a highway along the coastline of Borneo. It would be called the Pan Borneo Highway.
Fast forward 50 years later and Sarawak’s major trunk road system today is the Federal Route 1, part of the Pan Borneo Highway or Trans Borneo Highway. It is mainly a 2-lane single carriageway of JKR R3 standard design. Only 144 km (13%) of the trunk road from Sematan to Lawas is a 4-lane dual carriageway of JKR R5 standard. Travel across the vast state of Sarawak continues to be a long journey – up to 19 hours from Sematan to Miri currently.
To accelerate social and economic growth of Sabah and Sarawak, a major effort to fully develop and upgrade the Pan Borneo Highway was announced by Malaysia’s Prime Minister in April 2013 as part of the ruling party Barisan Nasional’s “Aku Janji” manifesto to the Nation. This was followed by a commitment in Budget 2015.
Pan Borneo Highway is slated to be THE transportation backbone of the states of Sabah and Sarawak and will play a major role to open up economic corridors and opportunities in areas it transverses.
About Lebuhraya Borneo Utara
Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd (LBU) is the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) of Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak. A home-grown Sarawak company, based in Kuching, Sarawak, LBU consists of a team of qualified Bumiputera team personnel with construction as well as project development and management experience. LBU is supported by a Board of Directors with highway construction specialist expertise crucial for the delivery of the Highway according to time and budget specifications.
It has been a long journey for LBU to develop and propose a suitable and workable project concept to the Government of Malaysia to develop the Pan Borneo Highway. Apart from delivering the best value to develop the Highway in Sarawak, LBU committed to the Government to involve local talents, companies and resources, as well as to build up expertise in highway construction locally.
Be part of Sarawak’s history in the making! Keep looking here for news on job vacancies to be part of the team that will build Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak.
Vacancies available August 2015
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