KUALA LUMPUR: Payment for the Pan Borneo highway project is not delayed and is expected to arrive as per the agreement with the works package contractors (WPCs), said Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU).

It said this in a statement posted on its website today, following media reports citing Minister of Works Baru Bian as saying that payment for the Sarawak project has been delayed by three months by LBU, which is the development's project delivery partner or (PDP). The Works Ministry will take over the project in Feb 2020.