Cross-sea bridge in Brunei completed

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The CC4 package of the mega Temburong Bridge linking Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan and Temburong district has been completed, a manager from the contractor, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC), said on Thursday. Temburong district has been physically isolated from the rest of Brunei, which has hindered the economic growth of the district. A seacrossing Temburong Bridge is aimed to link the district with the capital. The project is one of the key national balanced development projects promoted by the Brunei government, but also the largest bridge construction project ever in the history of Brunei. According to Manager Jin Chunshang, started on Oct. 1, 2015, the CC4 section constructed by CSCEC is about 12 kilometers in length, including a fully prefabricated viaduct of about 11.8 kilometers long, which crosses Brunei’s uninhabited forests and swamps. The manager told Xinhua that the construction environment of the CC4 section was “very harsh”. Besides the harmful air in the rainforest, hot and humid weather in the field, the Chinese constructors together with hundreds of workers from several other countries had to overcome the difficulty of no freshwater, no power wires, and no network signals in the early stage of construction. To protect the environment, the CC4 section is fully constructed using the “fishing technology”, which allows mechanical equipment to not touch the ground and does not damage the rainforest vegetation. Wang Xiaolin, president of the Chinese Enterprise Association in Brunei and general manager of Bank of China Brunei Branch, said that the Temburong Bridge is the largest and most influential transportation infrastructure project in Brunei and will become a new landmark in Brunei. – The Daily Mail- Global Times News exchange item