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The contractor for Sabah's Pan Borneo Highway Work Package 11 has submitted a recovery plan to address a 32-day delay in construction. The RM167.48 million project aims to complete the 7.3-kilometre alignment by September 2026, with progress at 61.76 per cent.
Malaysia's Works Ministry is strengthening ties between federal and state JKR bodies to improve project coordination and reduce construction delays. The initiative addresses long-standing coordination challenges affecting major infrastructure programmes.
The federal government has distributed RM1.2 billion in land compensation for the Sabah Pan Borneo Highway Phase 1 project, according to Deputy Minister Ahmad Maslan. The overall project cost has nearly doubled since initial estimates.