PASIR MAS: The Rantau Panjang Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex will be replaced by a new facility to cope with rising cross-border traffic following the construction of the second Malaysia-Thailand bridge.

Rantau Panjang Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (MCBA) commander Siti Khadijah Hamzah said land acquisition for the project, which is under the Home Ministry, had been completed.

She said the existing complex, which had been in operation for many years, could no longer cope with the growing number of travellers due to limited space and poor traffic flow.

"The existing complex will be demolished once the new one is completed," she said recently at the Rantau Panjang ICQS Complex.