RESIDENTS in flood-prone Sugud can expect to breathe a sigh of relief by the middle of next year with the flood mitigation project along the Sugud River now underway
Residents in flood-prone Sugud can expect to breathe a sigh of relief by the middle of next year with the flood mitigation project along the Sugud River now underway.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said construction work to widen and deepen the Sugud River by 1.13km will take about nine months to complete.
“Problems (with land reclamation) that were hindering this project to start are now resolved. So we can start, the machinery and contractors are already here on site,” he told a press conference after visiting the project site, here, Wednesday.
The Sugud River would be widened into a trapezoidal shape, with a top width of 20 metres and bottom width of 10 metres. It would be dredged to a depth of three to four metres.
The RM9 million project would also require land reclamation in nearby villages to make way for the widened river, which the landowners have given their consent to