DAP wants state road maintenance to be shared out
KUCHING: State Democratic Action Party ( DAP) wants the concession for state road maintenance to be given to more than one company.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei said the state DAP has suggested that concession should be divided into 10 regions (or packages) with each region maintained by different companies.
According to him, there is a need to award the concession to 10 companies to enable the state government to compare the works by the different companies.
“All this while the concession of state road maintenance has been awarded to only one company which is CMS Roads Sdn Bhd and the contract ends this year ( 2018).
“We have many Sarawak companies which can do the job of road maintenance so why only give to one company?”
He also claimed CMS Roads has been maintaining the state roads for 15 years and the ceiling contract sum to maintain all state roads is around RM11 million per month.
Apart from that Wong also said the state DAP also feels that there is no need for any company to act as project manager that distributes the concession to sub- contractors.
During the press conference Wong also asked whether the state government would award the concession for state road maintenance through an open tender.
All this while the concession of state road maintenance has been awarded to only one company which is CMS Roads Sdn Bhd and the contract ends this year (2018).
Wong King Wei, Padungan assemblyman
“Our new federal government insists that all government contracts will only be done by open tender as this is to ensure that only qualified companies are selected to do the job.
“I hope that the state government will follow the federal government in its effort to have more transparency when it comes to serving the people,” he commented.
Also present during the press conference held at the state DAP headquarters was Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii.
Yesterday beings a public holiday in the state, attempts by The Borneo Post to contact CMS Roads were unsuccessful.