Belanjawan ‘ok’ tapi kenapa sambungan LPT tak disentuh, soal Tuan Ibrahim

Kubang Kerian MP Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man expressed disappointment over the lack of a plan to extend the Lebuhraya Pantai Timur (LPT) in the 2027 budget. During a parliamentary session, the PAS deputy president questioned the government's focus on various issues, particularly the absence of a plan to extend the LPT, which he believes has been promised before.

While the overall budget was deemed satisfactory, Tuan Ibrahim emphasized that the issue of extending the LPT was consistently overlooked. He advised the government to address major concerns faced by the people, as highlighted in the parliament.

The 2027 budget, announced by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, allocated RM459.8 billion, representing a RM40.6 billion increase from the previous year. Tuan Ibrahim also raised concerns about the balance of regional development in the budget, as the funds were primarily allocated to specific sectors. The MP further criticized the government's limited attention to climate change, which he deemed one of the significant challenges the nation must tackle in the future.

According to him, the flood mitigation project, which uses a 50-year Average Interval Return (A.R.I.), needs to be upgraded to a 100-year standard to cope with increasingly severe flood risks. Tuan Ibrahim asserted that increasing the standard to 100 years would require doubling the budget, or else the project would fail.