Chapter
Analysing Progress on Connectivity in ASEAN
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Progress on connectivity in ASEAN was assessed for each of the 19 strategies
included in MPAC 2010 (Exhibit 3).
Physical Connectivity
2.
Progress on major infrastructure projects supporting physical connectivity in
ASEAN has been mixed. Notable progress has been made on the ASEAN
Highway Network (AHN), which aims to establish efficient, integrated, safe, and
environmentally sustainable regional land transport corridors linking all ASEAN
Member States and neighbouring countries. There are no more AHN missing
links in the region and the total length of roads below Class III5 reduced by
46.2%, from 5,311.2 km in 2010 to 2,454 km in 2015, which includes 1,200 km
on the priority Transit Transport Routes (TTR).6
3.
The implementation of Singapore-Kunming Rail Link (SKRL) sections from
Singapore to Phnom Penh are on schedule. However, the SKRL sections from
Cambodia to Viet Nam as well as those in Lao PDR are still seeking funding
for project implementation. The Neak Loeung Bridge was inaugurated and
operationalised in April 2015.
4.
As a follow-up to the recommendations of the MPAC 2010 and the Feasibility
Study on the Establishment of an ASEAN Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) Shipping
Network and Short-sea Shipping which was completed in March 2013, ASEAN
Member States agreed to focus on operationalising any of the three priority
routes (i.e. Dumai-Melaka, Belawan-Penang-Phuket, and Davao/General
Santos-Bitung).
5.
Nine power interconnection projects under the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) and
thirteen bilateral gas pipelines under the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP)
have been completed. The latest project was successfully completed and
synchronised on 20 January 2016 between Sarawak – West Kalimantan and
is currently supplying 70MW of electricity. Despite the scope and complexities,
5 Primary roads are access-controlled motorways; Class I roads are highways with four or more lanes; Class
II roads are two-lane roads (which are cement or concrete); Class III roads are narrow two-lane roads with
double bituminous treatment.
6 ASEAN Transport Strategic Plan 2016-2025, November 2015. Although the total length of roads below Class
III has reduced, Lao PDR and Myanmar have put up efforts to upgrade their below Class III roads on TTR as
envisaged under MPAC 2010.
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