Labuan–Menumbok Bridge

Labuan–Menumbok Bridge
Jambatan Labuan–Menumbok
Carries Motor vehicles
Crosses Labuan Strait
Official name Labuan–Menumbok Bridge
Characteristics
Total length 11 km

Labuan–Menumbok Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Labuan–Menumbok) or Labuan Bridge is a new planned bridge connecting Labuan Island in Federal Territory of Labuan and Menumbok in Sabah, Malaysia.

History

The proposal to develop a bridge between Labuan and Sabah has been met with a positive welcomed by both residents in the island and Sabah as well from various local politicians.[1][2][3][4][5] However at the time, there is still no commitment from the Sabah state government under Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership to develop such project although a China's firm has shown an interest to build the bridge without any cash payment by only giving them a land swap near the proposed bridge area as a return.[6][7][8] An economic investment vehicle linked with Labuan Corporation (LC) also willing to undertake the project for the same reason as the LC chairman, Rozman Isli has stated "any further indecision would result in higher cost to build the bridge in the future".[9] Rozman as well has urging the Sabah state government to include the bridge development as part of the Sabah Pan Borneo Highway.[10]

On 11 November 2016, the Minister in the Prime Minister Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the full study on the proposed bridge project to complete in early 2017.[11] On 29 April 2017, it was reported that Prime Minister Najib Razak will launch the Labuan Development Blueprint (LDB) in May.[12] According to Rozman, the bridge will only be constructed in 2020,[13] and scheduled for completion in 2023.[14] The announcement was subsequently responded by Sabah People's Justice Party (PKR) chief Simsudin Sidek who says it is "unacceptable" for a short bridge to take four years to become a reality as been exampled from the construction of the Second Penang Bridge with a much longer length of 23.5 kilometres that was completed in five years. In his statement, he said:

The targeted year of completion of the proposed bridge was set in 2023 by which time the 15th general election will be held. This suggests that if the Barisan Nasional (BN) fails to retain the Labuan parliamentary seat in the coming 14th general election, there could be no bridge for Labuan as well. It is not a really long bridge. With the use of modern technology, China could complete such bridges twice of more the length in less than two years. Even the second bridge of 23.5km in Penang and costing RM4.6 billion had not taken very long to complete.[15]

Following the change of government after the 2018 general election, PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar stating on 19 September that their party are in favour to construct the bridge with another fellow vice-president Rafizi Ramli also supporting the proposal to build the bridge.[16] She also stating that a letter from her will be delivered to Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad on the need to build the bridge since the previous techno-economic feasibility study for the bridge construction by the previous government had been scrapped due to the unreasonable high cost.[16]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Yong questions Labuan-Sabah bridge project". The Borneo Post. Sabah Progressive Party. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Proposed bridge linking Labuan to Menumbok gets more support". Bernama. The Sun. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Labuan MP speaks up on bridge project". The Borneo Post. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Govt obliged to build Labuan bridge: PKR". Daily Express. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ↑ John Joseph (23 December 2015). "EPU asked to respond on Labuan-Sabah bridge". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sabah-Labuan Bridge Almost Ready to Be Built". The Borneo Post. Property Hunter. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "China's Firm to Build Labuan Bridge". Property Hunter. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. ↑ John Joseph (9 December 2015). "Harris: Labuan not a bridge too far". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Offer to build Labuan bridge if condition met". Daily Express. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "MP wants Labuan 'plugged' into Pan Borneo". Daily Express. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Shahrim Thamrin (11 November 2016). "Study for Labuan bridge to Sabah to complete early 2017". The Sun. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Niam Seet Wei (29 April 2017). "PM To Launch Labuan Blueprint Next Month: Labuan Corp". Bernama. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Sohan Das (4 May 2017). "Labuan bridge may start 2020". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Bridge to Labuan in 2023". Bernama. The Borneo Post. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  15. ↑ Sohan Das (11 April 2018). "Too long wait for Labuan bridge: PKR". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  16. 1 2 "PKR in favour of Labuan bridge proposal, says Nurul Izzah". Bernama. The Malay Mail. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.


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