SEMPORNA, 2 FEBRUARY, 2011: A RM7 million bridge connecting Pulau Lihak-Lihak and Jalan Pitas Kunak-Semporna will be built starting March.
Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the bridge would ease travel from nine villages on the island to nearby towns.
"The road connecting Pulau Lihak-Lihak and Jalan Pitas Kunak-Semporna was completed three months ago. The only missing link is the bridge," he told reporters here today.
Shafie, who is also MP for Semporna, said the bridge, which would be completed at the end of the year, would enable farmers on Pulau Lihak-Lihak, to bring their produce to nearby towns faster and enable the government to develop the island.
At present Pulau Lihak-Lihak residents depend on a wooden ferry using outboard engines, which could accommodate one vehicle at a time, to cross Sungai Nasip.
- Bernama
"The road connecting Pulau Lihak-Lihak and Jalan Pitas Kunak-Semporna was completed three months ago. The only missing link is the bridge," he told reporters here today.
Shafie, who is also MP for Semporna, said the bridge, which would be completed at the end of the year, would enable farmers on Pulau Lihak-Lihak, to bring their produce to nearby towns faster and enable the government to develop the island.
At present Pulau Lihak-Lihak residents depend on a wooden ferry using outboard engines, which could accommodate one vehicle at a time, to cross Sungai Nasip.
- Bernama
