Roads and bridges

Set to open next year, Cambodia’s first cable-stayed bridge is now more than 70 per cent complete, according the government. Chhim Phalla, director of the Ministry of Public Work’s Department of International Cooperation, which is overseeing the Neak Loeung Bridge and improvements to National Road 1, ...

The government could save nearly $100 million between now and 2020 if it passes the draft traffic law and enforces mandatory helmet usage as soon as possible, a road safety group said Wednesday. Madeleine Carr, an advocacy and strategic planning advisor with the Asia Injury Prevention ...

Growth in the property sector has been slow in Kandal province’s Ta Khmau City, 11 kilometres south of Phnom Penh, but that, industry sources say, is likely to change due to improvements to National Road 1 and the fact that the Ta Khmau Bridge is ...

Better laws and enforcement that require motorbike riders and children to wear helmets could save more than 500 lives and $100 million over the next six years, a new study says. The study, undertaken by the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation, says a new law now ...

More than 170 families in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district submitted a petition to City Hall on Monday complaining about wealthy businessman Khun Sear’s decision to build a wall in the middle of a road in their neighborhood. The road in Chak Angre Leu commune is under ...

Soldiers used force on Friday to end a strike at a garment factory on Veng Sreng Boulevard, where demands included a lunch bonus of 2,000 riel and an end to forced overtime, workers and union officials said yesterday. ...

Dozens of villagers in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district are facing eviction after the National Cadastral Commission announced last week that a number of areas in Tuol Sangke commune are earmarked for future redevelopment. The commission’s plans for new projects, including a road widening, were posted ...

The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) and Phnom Penh municipality are cooperating to undertake a study on major new projects for the city – two flyovers and a subway, each of which it is hoped would ease the city’s ever worsening traffic congestion. Touch Samnang, project ...

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) revealed its plans Monday for a Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City expressway that will halve travel time between the two cities. At an estimated cost of $2.2 billion, the initial target date for completion of the expressway is ...

The government is refusing to compensate up to 1,000 families forced to wait for income restoration measures after being relocated from their homes for an Asian Development Bank-funded railway rehabilitation project, a previously unreleased action plan from the ADB reveals. The ADB Management Action Plan, released ...

Despite expecting 27,000 visitors per day, little planning has gone into tackling traffic congestion at Cambodia’s long-awaited AEON Mall when it opens June 30, City Hall said yesterday. There are 1,400 vehicle parking spaces allotted at AEON and 1,600 bikes spaces accessed via both Sothearos ...

The Asian Development Bank announced Wednesday that it will provide $81.7 million, including a $6.7 million grant from Australia, in additional financing to help Cambodia recover from catastrophic floods in late 2013. The flooding affected 1.7 million people and caused an estimated $356 million in damage. ...

The China Railway Group’s planned $7.5 billion Cambodian north-south railway line has been delayed due to funding shortages, according to the company’s top official. Originally slated to begin construction last year, China Railway’s chairman, Li Changjin, told the South China Morning Post that work on the 400-kilometre railway ...

Traffic accidents killed 38 people over Khmer New Year, with a further 306 injured, officials said yesterday. National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith said that between Monday and Wednesday, 148 traffic accidents were recorded across the country. ...

មន្ត្រី​នគរបាល​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៣ ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥ ខែ​មេសា នៃ​ពិធី​បុណ្យ​ចូល​ឆ្នាំ​ខ្មែរ​ឆ្នាំ​នេះ មាន​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​ចរាចរណ៍​កើត​ឡើង​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​ជិត ១០០​ករណី និង​បណ្ដាល​ឲ្យ​មាន​មនុស្ស​ស្លាប់ និង​របួស​ជាង ២០០​នាក់។ របាយការណ៍​បឋម​ស្ដីពី​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​ចរាចរណ៍​ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពេល​នៃ​ពិធី​ បុណ្យ​ចូល​ឆ្នាំ​ខ្មែរ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤ នេះ មាន​ចំនួន​កើន​ឡើង​ខ្ពស់​ជាង​ឆ្នាំ​កន្លង​ទៅ។ លោក គៀត ច័ន្ទថារិទ្ធ មន្ត្រី​នាំ​ពាក្យ​អគ្គស្នងការដ្ឋាន​នគរបាល​ជាតិ​នៃ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា គិត​ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៣ និង​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥ ខែ​មេសា មាន​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​ចរាចរណ៍​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​កើត​ឡើង​ជិត ១០០​ករណី និង​ស្លាប់​មនុស្ស​ជិត ៣០​នាក់ ព្រម​ទាំង​មាន​របួស​ធ្ងន់​ស្រាល​ជិត ២០០​នាក់។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា បើ​ប្រៀបធៀប​៣​ថ្ងៃ​ដូច​គ្នា​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ កន្លង​ទៅ ចំនួន​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​នេះ​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ជាង ៣០​ភាគរយ៖ «សរុប ​រួម ៣​ថ្ងៃ​ហ្នឹង គឺ​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់ ៩៨​លើក បណ្ដាល​ឲ្យ​មនុស្ស​ស្លាប់ ២៩​នាក់ រង​របួស ១៨៧​នាក់ ក្នុង​នោះ​របួស​ធ្ងន់ ១៣១​នាក់ និង​របួស​ស្រាល ៥៦​នាក់។ ...

The two sides of the Second Chroy Changva Bridge were connected Wednesday in a ceremony presided over by Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek. He said the Chinese-funded bridge would be completed by September. “The bridge was projected to cost $27.5 million to be spent on construction ...

Without more efforts to punish traffic violators, the government is all but certain to miss its 2020 goal of cutting traffic deaths by 20 percent and drunk driving deaths by 50 percent, road safety experts said at a forum Tuesday. There were 1,910 deaths due to ...

City Hall has taken over the recently launched public bus route in Phnom Penh pending a review of the Chinese-owned firm that is contracted to run the fledgling service, a company official said yesterday. Lim Andre, Global (Cambodia) Trade Development’s manager in Phnom Penh, said yesterday ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday urged Cambodians to keep safe as they celebrate Khmer New Year this weekend and instructed law enforcement officers to be vigilant during a period renowned for causing an annual spike in traffic accidents. Speaking at a graduation ceremony on Koh ...

A draft law meant to improve the maintenance and construction of Cambodia’s dilapidating roads was passed yesterday in a one-sided session of the National Assembly that saw ruling party lawmakers lambast Public Works and Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek for his allegedly poor stewardship. ...

Toll Royal Railway, the private operator of Cambodia’s train service, has no system in place to regularly inspect the state of its tracks, and lacks qualified inspectors to check either tracks or bridges, according to a recent safety audit of the firm’s Phnom Penh operations. The ...

Ruling party members continued to meet at the National Assembly on Wednesday, discussing a draft law on roadways despite a boycott by the opposition. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has refused to participate in the new government, following 2013 elections it says were marred by ...

The work of fourth Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge has almost been completed after a 16-month construction, a contractor said Thursday. He Luesa, head of Shanghai Construction (Group) General Company’ s construction team, said the construction of a 855 meters by 13.5 meters Takhmao Bridge across Tonle Bassac ...

The number of road fatalities in Cambodia rose to 576 in the first three months of the year, up from three percent over the same period last year. Preap Chan Vibol, director of Transport Department at the Public Work and Transportation Ministry, attributed the high ...