Welcoming news on road to be built connecting Ulu Terawan in Ulu Baram to Miri via Marudi

Our Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg brought cheers to the folks at Long Terawan in Ulu Baram when he announced that roads will be built to connect their settlement with cities such as Miri via Marudi in northern part of Sarawak. According to him, the project is expected to take about four years to complete and the road has the potential of transform the landscape and socio-economy of the people in the interior in terms of agriculture and tourism.

Our Chief Miister had said the Highland Development Agency (HDA) has been given the task to provide input to him on how to develop the area further which is basically a settlement on the bank of Sungai Batang Baram in Baram district with its villagers depending on long boat to reach areas outside.

Tourists especially those from the Western countries would stop at the area which has beautiful natural surroundings as well as the local Orang Ulu community who are still practising the traditional way of life in the long house apart from making a stop before going to the world famed Mulu National Park. This is such a good news to the local folks in Ulu Terawan and also those in the Sarawak tourism industry because soon we will have additional places of interest which are easily accessible by roads. The proposed project was disclosed by the Chief Minister during his visit to Long Terawan for the official launching of Sarawak Rural Broadband Network or SRBN by Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) this morning.