RM150 million allocated for Lapok road: Lihan
10 Jan 2009
MIRI: The long-awaited Lapok road will finally be built as the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) has approved a RM150 million allocation for it last week.
Telang Usan assemblyman Lihan Jok yesterday said that this was good news to thousands of his constituents using the road daily.
Although Lapok road is not located in Telang Usan, indigenous people from this huge constituency have to use Lapok road to reach Miri.
Lapok road is located in Marudi constituency, which together with Telang Usan constituency, make up the Baram parliamentary constituency.
All three constituencies - Baram parliamentary, Marudi and Telang Usan state-are Barisan Nasional-controlled.
Baram constituency was wrested from the opposition in 1995 when incumbent Datuk Jacob Dungau
Sagan won against environmentalist Harrison Ngau, and Telang Usan state constituency went to the BN when incumbent Lihan Jok created a major upset by unseating veteran politician Kebing Wan in the 2001 state election. He successfully defended the seat for BN in the last state election in 2004 against Kebing.
Lihan has worked hard to turn the predominantly Orang Ulu constituency from an opposition to a BN stronghold.
Commenting on the approval for the Lapok road project, Lihan said it showed the government cared for the rural people during these difficult times.
“When the road is tar-sealed, not only will it cut the travel time but reduce the high maintenance cost of vehicles resulting from the bad road conditions,” Lihan said.
“The allocation was only RM50 million initially but the EPU decided to build the road in one go hence the RM150 million approved for Lapok road. It will be built from Lapok Bridge to Beluru town,” he added.
Lihan said this was just one of the many steps taken by the government to cushion the effect of the global economic downturn on rural people.
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Jalan Beluru - Lapok ini sudah lama dibina iaitu sebelum/baru merdeka dahulu 50 tahun yg lalu. Jalan ini menghubungkan banyak sekolah/taman negara dan banyk lagi sumber lain ke hulu tinjar/bok dan banyak taburan penduduk disana yang setia mengundi kerajaan.
Baru sekarang kerajaan meluluskan projek jalan ini. Jika tidak dengan kemenangan majoriti kerajaan bn di sarawak dan sabah, kemungkinan jalan ini akan menjadi jalan yg ketinggalan spt zaman 70an dulu. Dan terima kasih kerajaan kerana akhirnya projek pembangunan ini diluluskan dgn budjet rm150 juta.
Negara kita sudah 51 tahun merdeka, tetapi penduduk di kawasan ini (Beluru-Lapok-Tinjar) masih seperti diambang belum merdeka lagi, dan belum menikmati jalan yg berturap sperti saudara yg lain ditempat yg mendapat pembangunan infastuktur jln yg baik.
Bukn itu sahaja, bekalan Elektrik dan air bersih pun belum memasuki kawasan ini,para penduduk terpaksa menggunakan generator utk bekalan elktrik yg terpaksa menghadapi harga minyak yg naik, dan begitu juga terpaksa bergantung kepada air sungai dan hujan utk bekalan air. Senario ini telah dilalui oleh para penduduk sejak sebelum merdeka lagi sampi sekkarang.
Dihaarap selepas ini, kerajaan akan mengotakan janji mereka,dan bukan sekdar dimulut utk mengambil hati rakyat. Rakyat/penduduk dari Beluru Bakong - Tinjar - Lapok adalah terdiri drp pelbagai suku, diantaranya Iban,Cina, Melayu,Kayan, Kenyah, Sebob, Penan dan jalan ini juga menghubungkan bandar Miri ke kawasan Bario/Long Lellang yg terdapat penduduk Kelabit dan Lunbawang.
terima kasih kepala abah kau. Sekarang dah 2013 pun masih belum siap.
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