Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir who performed the ground-breaking ceremony for a 11.5km-long road costing RM75mil on Monday, said villagers had been asking for the project for over 30 years.
“With this road, travelling time will be reduced by half from the 30 minutes currently taken when travelling on the old stretch,” he told reporters.
The project, he added, would be carried out in two phases.
“Phase One, which is 2.5km, cost RM8.5mil and is scheduled for completion next year,” he said.
Earlier, Batu Kurau assemblyman Kapt (Rtd) Datuk Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz, who was also present, said it was a dream come true for villagers to finally have the road.
“Since I was elected the assemblyman here, I will raise the matter without fail during each assembly sitting,” he said.
He added that the spill over effect from the project would be huge as there are several pristine rivers along the route, which could be turned into tourist destinations.
Earlier in his speech, Dr Zambry described the ground-breaking ceremony as historic.
“The project has been around since Anak Kurau was under the Kamunting state constituency until today it was put under the Batu Kurau constituency,” he said.
He brought further cheer to the villagers when he announced several allocations for the village.
Besides the RM130,000 to repair the village drains, Dr Zambry also approved RM70,000 to build a religious school.
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