Miri drainage allocation separates new tender projects from completed maintenance
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A RM3 million allocation for flood-prone parts of Miri includes two major drainage projects that still need to go through tender before work starts.
The funding will go through Miri City Council (MBM), with Desa Senadin, Permyjaya, Tudan and parts of Padang Kerbau named in the announcement. DayakDaily reported the details on Oct 30, citing the Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas) and the caretaker transport minister.
The planned packages include a RM1.17 million monsoon-drain upgrade along Jalan Desa Senadin, with a three-month implementation period, and RM1.26 million for maintaining and deepening earth drains along Jalan Miri–Kuala Baram over two months. Their technical designs are ready, but tendering comes before implementation.
A further RM562,390 package covers maintenance, dredging and clearing at residential drainage locations around Senadin, with a one-month implementation period. Those durations describe the work packages; they are not announced calendar completion dates.
Residents should also distinguish this allocation from work already finished. The Department of Irrigation and Drainage has separately completed 18 maintenance projects worth RM1.17 million, covering six retention ponds and 12 main drains. That identical RM1.17 million figure is not the new Jalan Desa Senadin contract.
Larger drainage proposals for Desa Senadin, Sungai Lutong and the Taman Tunku–Padang Kerbau stretch remain subject to utility issues and approvals. The new allocation is intended to reduce flood risk, not a declaration that those wider problems have been resolved.
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