The Works Ministry is launching the Road and Highway Development Policy 2030 and is preparing the National Infrastructure Maintenance Policy 2030.

These policies come with the aim of achieving sustainable development while providing and maintaining resilient road infrastructure.

Senior Minister (Works) Fadillah Yusof said parties involved should no longer work in silos, but collaboratively to build resilient and sustainable infrastructure.

“The roads that will be built need to be integrated with other systems such as river basins, land use, and development in the surrounding areas.

“Therefore, there is a need to adopt the criteria for sustainable development goals to reduce the risk of widespread damage to our infrastructure, should a natural disaster strike,” he said.

He was speaking at the 11th Malaysian Road Conference and Exhibition and the 4th International Road Federation Asia-Pacific Regional Congress at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre today.

Fadillah (above) said he hoped that the findings from the conference could be used in the formulation of policies and other documents in the future.

He added that his ministry will start preparations for the Highway Network Development Plan for Sarawak, Sabah, and Labuan, to be launched in 2025.

At the event, he also presented the Road Engineering Association Malaysia President's Best Final Year Student Award 2022 to four students.

They were:

  1. Hafizatul Ulya Harun (Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia)

  2. Khairul Faisal Hasanuddin (Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia)

  3. Choon Yue Hua (Universiti Malaya)

  4. P Dineshkumar (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

He also presented the Road Engineering Excellence Award 2022, which was won by the Works Ministry for its Kampung Lambor Kiri to Kampung Lambor Bridge project across the Perak River.

The conference, with the theme ‘Towards Resilient Road Infrastructure’, saw about 1,000 participants from 20 countries, with over 100 exhibits by local and foreign exhibitors.

- Bernama

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