KUALA LUMPUR: Local heavy machinery industry players have urged the government to initiate more mega projects next year, saying they have found it difficult to cope over the past year without major projects.
“We hope to see more money allocated for the construction sector to allow more mega projects to be revived, thus boosting our economy further,” he added at a Budget 2020 roundtable dialogue here today. The ECRL and Bandar Malaysia, with an estimated cumulative gross development value of RM150 billion, are among several China projects initiated by Barisan Nasional that the current government has opted to continue.
“One of the problems that increasingly burden our members is that more and more roads are subject to the restriction on heavy equipment during peak hours, the latest being at the Selayang to Rawang road.Liew said the restriction hindered his group’s members from getting to their job sites on time. He proposed a specific budget for roads to be widened so the restriction for heavy equipment during peak hours could be lifted.
“These foreign companies, China especially, import everything from their native country, including equipment and labour.