Infrastructure and Utilities Development Strategies

  • Emphasise long-term integrated planning and coordinated implementation of projects.
  • Provide comprehensive range of infrastructural facilities and amenities.
  • Promote multimodalism.
  • Encourage the use of public transport and intelligent transport systems to reduce congestion.
  • Increase efficiency, productivity and reliability of service.
  • Ensure the availability of reliable infrastructure facilities and services at reasonable costs.

 

Infrastructure and Utilities Comprises The Following Subsectors:

  • Roads & Bridges
  • Urban Transport & Rail
  • Ports
  • Airports
  • Communications
  • Water & Sewerage

 

Development Allocation For Infrastructure And Utilities, 2001-2005 (RM Million)

 

RMK7

RMK8 (Revised)

Sector

Allocation

Expenditure

Allocation

Transport

20,913.1

20,484.2

33,553.5

Roads (1)

12,429.9

12,269.5

18,614.5

Urban Transport

404.2

404.0

930.8

Rail

5,450.3

5,450.3

6,101.4

Ports

1,157.4

1,089.2

3,040.6

Airports

1,471.3

1,271.2

4,866.5

Utilities

3,445.3

3,048.0

6,476.1

Water Supply

2,776.8

2,382.7

4,810.0

Sewerage

668.5

665.3

1,666.1

Communications

51.0

39.6

414.1

Communications

10.2

4.1

326.2

Meteorological Services

40.8

35.5

87.9

Total

24,409.4

23,571.8

40,444
Note : (1) - Excludes localized roads in regional development areas, some local authorities and agricultural roads

 

Road Development

  • Emphasis of road development:
    • Expand capacity by building new roads.
    • Upgrade existing roads to improve safety and driving comfort.
    • Improve accident-prone spots.
  • New roads constructed to:
    • Improve inter-urban linkages.
    • Lead to less developed, recreational and growth centres.
    • Increase road network in rural areas.
    • Financing of road development included privatization and deferred payment method.

 

Urban Transport 

  • Development of an integrated, efficient and reliable urban transport system.
  • Greater rationalization and optimization of public transport services.
  • Promotion of multimodalism for seamless integration - common ticketing, integrated route and facility networks.
  • Application of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to alleviate urban traffic congestion.
  • Pedestrianization in urban areas to reduce car usage.

 

Rail Transport

  • Enhance efficiency and quality of rail services.
  • Extension of the inter-city commuter service - Rawang to Tanjung Malim.
  • Promote freight multimodalism - increase productivity and performance standards of yard and terminal facilities - build more container depots and terminal facilities.

 

Ports

  • Focus on improving capacity, upgrading equipment and facilities as well as enhancing the efficiency and productivity of port and port-related services.
  • Establishment of a single port authority.
  • Further promote Port Klang and Port of Tanjung Pelepas.
  • Further expand the local shipping lines and ferry services.

 

Airports

  • Focus on efficiency, productivity and flight safety.
  • Increase capacity to meet increasing demand.
  • Promote KLIA as a regional aviation hub.
  • New airports at Bintulu and Limbang to replace airports in town centres.
  • Upgrading of air traffic equipment to meet ICAO standards.

 

Communications

  • Thrust is to increase capacity to provide greater accessibility to communications and multimedia services, especially in the rural areas.
  • Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) :
    • Facilitate healthy development of the industry.
    • Set standards and promote consumer interest.
    • Oversee implementation of the USP programme increasing self regulation by the industry.

Water Supply

Ensure an adequate and sustainable supply of clean water.

  • Water Supply Management
    • Construction of new infrastructure.
    • Upgrade and rehabilitate existing systems.
    • Conservation of water resources.
    • Improve efficiency of water supply distribution.
  • Water Demand Management
    • Reduce water loss and wastage n Federal Government to plan, manage and coordinate programmes on water supply.

 

Sewerage

  • Extensive capital development to improve quality of effluent discharged.
  • Priority to cities, towns and tourist areas.
  • Centralised sewerage system: - reduce number of localized treatment plants - optimize resources in operations and maintenance.
  • Individual systems in hilly and isolated areas - communal septic tanks.
  • R&D to improve treatment, disposal and sludge reuse.
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