KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor said the proposed Trans Borneo Railway project linking Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Indonesia will be a boon to the Borneo region.
“Once materialised, the project will be impactful to enhance people-to-people connectivity and economically, it will facilitate trade, promote growth of industries at the border areas and boost tourism in the Borneo region,,” he said.
Last November, Federal Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said his ministry had received a preliminary proposal on this Trans-Borneo Railway Project.
Nanta said the idea for this mega-railway linking Sarawak and Sabah and eventually to
connect to Kalimantan came from the Transport Ministry and the Federal government
had approved a financial allocation specifically to carry out a feasibility ground study on
the Trans-Borneo Railway routes involving the Sarawak-Sabah side.
Brunei-based Brunergy Utama Sdn Bhd announced it would be embarking on the Trans
Borneo Railway project, which it proposed to be implemented in two phases involving
routes spanning 1,620 kilometres.
The first phase will connect cities from the West to the East coast, beginning in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, and ending in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah while the second phase will involve North and East Kalimantan connecting the main route with Samarinda and to the new capital of Indonesia, Nusantara.-pr/BNN
