KUCHING, May 23 -- The Sarawak government is planning to take over former logging roads, including wooden bridges, that connect settlements in rural areas such as Baleh constituency.

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Port Development Datuk Aidel Lariwoo said the move is to ensure better and more organised road access for residents.

"So far, there are 5,297km of logging roads that connect various rural settlements in the state.

"Of that total, 3,293km are still active logging roads, while 2,004km are no longer in use," he said in response to a question from Nicholas Kudi Jantai (GPS-Baleh) at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) here today.

Aidel said 312.8km of former logging roads have been successfully registered under the Villa...