Complete, gorgeous but not dual lane.
Sematan-Lundu: Gravelly, some smooth stretches.
Lundu-Bau: SHIT. Steep drops, gravelly and potholed. Dark at night. Just use Rambungan-Sampadi ferry instead, worth the detour for your car's sake.
Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak:
Review as of 10 December 2020. Been getting queries on road conditions so here goes.
*Personal driving experience with a small car. Hilux different story.
Complete, gorgeous but not dual lane.
Sematan-Lundu: Gravelly, some smooth stretches.
Lundu-Bau: SHIT. Steep drops, gravelly and potholed. Dark at night. Just use Rambungan-Sampadi ferry instead, worth the detour for your car's sake.
Diversions plenty, but drivable
Kuching:
Stephen Yong - Kota Padawan
Road ok, clear diversion. Flyovers all in various stages of completion. Traffic clogs at Kota Sentosa and 10th Mile.
Kuching-Serian
11th Mile onwards complete, onwards to Serian
Serian Bypass (flyover 1 & 2) both complete! Can zip and go straight out of town.
Heaven is a place like this. Both dual lanes complete, but as of now only one side is open. Smooth, no diversions, blissful 120km/hour speed.
Then it starts to get patchy here and there (Balai Ringin, Sg. Tenggang)
Lachau: Bad, uneven, gravel.
Smooth-ish, gravel patches and diversions. Generally not too teeth rattling.
Saratok - Jakar - Julau
The first half is okay, then it gets progressively worse until...
Sibu (Durin)
Same as Pantu, almost complete, one dual lane open
Surprisingly better, some bad spots on the Stapang part. Long stretches of smooth road interspersed with gravel and holes. Tight, overtaking difficult
Tatau: SHIT. And has always been. Not much improvement. Take the Balingian-Kuala Tatau-Jepak road instead.
The only complete work package, this is what the Pan Borneo will look like when complete. Open dual lanes, P-Turns, ample shoulders, barriers.
Bintulu - Miri
Some good stretches but not worth it. Dangerous even. Use Miri coastal via Samalaju.
Bypasses incomplete. Bumpy ride.
End of Pan Borneo Sarawak.
Heard the Sarawak-Sabah bypass (via Long Lama - Lawas) is still happening, not sure.
Kanowit-Ngemah-Song- Kapit road
Almost done except for a 15 minute stretch between Ngemah and Song, only open 3 times a day. Steep single lane roads, sharp hairpin bends, otherwise smooth. No lights (yet).
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Democrats & DNC Media are going to LITERALLY have nothing coherent to say in response to that.
Mueller's team was 100% partisan.
That's why it's brilliant. NOBODY will be able to claim this team of partisan Democrats didn't go the EXTRA 20 MILES looking for ANY evidence they could find of Trump campaign/Russian collusion during the 2016 election
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They looked low.
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What documents did Trump tell the Mueller team it couldn't have? What witnesses were withheld and never interviewed?
THERE WEREN'T ANY.
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