Holiday traffic deaths up nearly 50 percent

The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday. From Saturday through Wednesday, there were 49 fatalities, compared to ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holiday-traffic-deaths-up-nearly-50-percent-68466/

City route goes solar

Two solar-powered buses will soon be put to the test on Phnom Penh’s bus line 1, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. The test buses will operate from 6am to 6pm, saving enough energy to run more than four hours at nighttime along the route, ...

Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/city-route-goes-solar

13 killed 47 injured in Sunday's road accidents: Police

13 people were killed, and 47 others were injured in road accidents on Sunday, a day ahead of Pchum Ben festival from 22-24 September, website of General Commiosariate of National Police said. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjIxZDY5MDVjYTQ

New bridge to be open during Pchum Ben

Holiday travelers will get a preview of Phnom Penh’s new Cambodia-China Friendship bridge during the final days of the Pchum Ben festival, according to City Hall. ...

Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-bridge-to-be-open-during-pchum-ben-68252/

Cambodia builds 4th flyover in capital city

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday broke ground for the construction of a 14-million-U. S. dollar flyover, which will be the fourth overpass in Phnom Penh. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140909/cambodia-builds-4th-flyover-capital-city

First buses, now trains could come to capital

As part part of its multibillion-dollar Urban Transport Master Plan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) unveiled a modern rail system for Phnom Penh yesterday that could begin operation as soon as 2023. The trains would thin out traffic on the capital’s choked-up roads, which currently lack ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/first-buses-now-trains-could-come-capital

Asia Injury Prevention launches internet campaign in support for Cambodia's child helmet law

The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, supported by The UPS Foundation, has launched a global internet campaign to collect ten thousand pledges in support of the motorcycle passenger, including child helmet law in Cambodia, according to its statement obtained Thursday by The Cambodia Herald. The campaign ...

The Cambodia herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTc0ZTU2MTFmN2M

Villagers block trucks over Siem Reap road use

More than 200 villagers from Siem Reap City blocked two trucks from passing their village on Monday in protest of the damage the trucks are causing to the community, allowing them to pass only when the company promised to help take care of the road. ...

Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-block-trucks-over-siem-reap-road-use-66880/

Hun Sen asks Japan to help repair cracked Chroy Changvar Bridge

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday asked Japan to help repair Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge Chroy Chanvar as cracks are found on this nearly five-decade bridge. Hun Sen made the request during a meeting with Akihiro Ohta, Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism, at the ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ODhlMmM4MmJiNzM

A solution to the capital’s transit woes?

Some say City Hall’s scheme to improve public transport with a bus line is failing. One architect has a new plan, tried and tested throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomes on the rise, rush hour in Phnom Penh is only getting worse ...

Bennett Murray and Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/solution-capital%E2%80%99s-transit-woes

Kandal property bought up before bridge announcement

Property investors with inside information may have bought up land across the Mekong River in Kandal province before the announcement of new bridges, a real estate agent claims. Land in areas like Akrei Khsatr commune in Kandal’s Lvea Em district is set to become more valuable ...

Siv Meng and Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/kandal-property-bought-bridge-announcement

China gives $3m for city surveillance system

The Chinese government on Tuesday donated $3 million to Cambodia to set up a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system across Phnom Penh to help cut down on crime and traffic accidents, according to the national police. “This is a donation from the Chinese Ministry of Public ...

Sek Odom and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-gives-3m-for-phnom-penh-surveillance-system-66349/

ADB to support $118m rural road project in Cambodia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide nine poor rural provinces in Cambodia with year-round access to markets and social services through a 118 million U.S. dollars project to provide a safer, cost-effective rural road network, the bank said in a press statement on Monday. ...

Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/business/12-Aug-2014/adb-to-support-118m-rural-road-project-in-cambodia

Bridge ban enforced

City Hall on Friday officially issued its ban on trucks weighing more than 3 tonnes from using the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge until cracks discovered last month in a pillar on the bridge’s eastern end are repaired, a city spokesman said yesterday. Long Dimanche said police had ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-ban-enforced

Opening bridge, Hun Sen reflects on city’s growth

Prime Minister Hun Sen used the unveiling of the Stung Meanchey overpass in Phnom Penh Thursday morning to praise his government’s development of the capital and to warn the city’s poor not to take up residence under the new $19-million bridge. Mr. Hun Sen also used ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opening-bridge-hun-sen-reflects-on-citys-growth-65492/

Hun Sen demands bus lines

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used the inauguration of the Stung Meanchey overpass to call for the speedy formation of a government bus authority, as the capital eyes two new planned routes and 18 by 2020. During his speech at the site of the approximately $19 ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-demands-bus-lines

CPP official alleges embezzlement of roads budgets

A senior government official has accused authorities involved in the construction and repair of the nation’s roads of embezzling a significant portion of the money budgeted to them. Nhim Vanda, the first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management, on Wednesday added his voice ...

Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-official-alleges-embezzlement-of-roads-budgets-63875/

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