Transport infrastructure and facilities
Roads and bridges
Cambodia shows interest in Phnom Penh metro
A proposed elevated system has been scrapped in favour an underground metro. The government of Cambodia has indicated that it favours the construction of an underground metro in Phnom Penh to improve public transport within the capital and the surrounding Kandal province, instead of an ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501151255/cambodia-shows-interest-in-phnom-penh-metro/
Capital-S’ville expressway 96% done; pilot launch date announced soon
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is currently 96.6 per cent complete, with the start date of the pilot launch to be announced this month, according to Ministry of Public Works and Transport spokesman Heang Sotheayut. ...
Chea Sokny and Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-sville-expressway-96-done-pilot-launch-date-announced-soon
Future plans to create subways to ease capital’s traffic unveiled
Transport in Phnom Penh is slated for vast improvement in the future as plans to construct subways are unveiled. However, skytrains to connect the capital with other provinces have been ruled out. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/future-plans-to-create-subways-to-ease-capitals-traffic-unveiled
Phnom Penh builds two more flyovers to mitigate traffic congestion
Two more flyovers will be built in Phnom Penh by Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), a local construction company, with a total estimated cost of about $46.77 million to ease travel and transport in the capital. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142978/phnom-penh-builds-two-more-flyovers-to-mitigate-traffic-congestion/
India plans to build road connectivity to Cambodia
India is intending to strengthen and expand the cooperation with Cambodia in road connectivity from India to Cambodia by crossing Myanmar and Thailand. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126259/india-plans-to-build-road-connectivity-to-cambodia/
Mondulkiri road blocked by private development, residents say
Mondulkiri villagers say a local road has been blocked by a private landowner, but they are not sure who is behind the development and a commune chief says he is unaware of the dispute. ...
Phin Rathana
https://vodenglish.news/mondulkiri-road-blocked-by-private-development-residents-say/
City Hall starts rebuilding road after Chroy Changva riverbank collapse
Phnom Penh officials said they will begin reconstructing a road that collapsed into the Tonle Sap River in Chroy Changva district earlier this year, another instance of the riverbank collapsing due to erosion. ...
Roun Ry
https://vodenglish.news/city-hall-starts-rebuilding-road-after-chroy-changva-riverbank-collapse/
Prek Ambel eyed for Bassac sea link
Cambodia is pushing to complete a study on the feasibility of using southeastern Kandal province’s Prek Ambel village as the starting point for the Bassac River waterway link to the sea in Kep province. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prek-ambel-eyed-bassac-sea-link
Pursat City Administration requests ADB assistance for road curb project
The Pursat Municipality has been asking assistance from the ABD for a 20-kilometer curb project on both sides of Pursat City Road, while another road is under construction. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501103337/pursat-city-administration-requests-adb-assistance-for-road-curb-project/
Kingdom builds 3,000km of roads in 10 years: minister
Cambodia has spent an estimated $3 billion constructing roads across the country spanning more than 3,000km over a period of 10 years, in addition to expressway and railway projects which are currently underway, according a five-year master plan issued by the government. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-builds-3000km-roads-10-years-minister
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway to make transport and travel more efficient
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway will make the transport of goods and passengers more efficient, as the government sets to turn Preah Sihanouk province into a multi-purpose special economic zone. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090841/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-to-make-transport-and-travel-more-efficient/
Local road in west of Phnom Penh inaugurated
The Phnom Penh administration inaugurated Street No. 1080, stretching more than 6 kilometres long linking the Win-Win Blvd. to Street No. 42, in the west of the capital. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086570/local-road-in-west-of-phnom-penh-inaugurated/
Capital’s third ring road nearly 74% finished
Industry players foresee a major upswing in the transport and logistics sector on the back of Phnom Penh’s under-construction third ring road, now 73.70 per cent completed and scheduled to be finished in the third quarter of 2023. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-third-ring-road-nearly-74-finished
Siem Reap’s new roads to improve connectivity and tourism
A top official in Siem Reap has said the newly built roads in the province will improve connectivity with remote areas and help boost tourism. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501080679/siem-reaps-new-roads-to-improve-connectivity-and-tourism/
MPWT, World Bank discuss infrastructure development in Cambodia
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and the World Bank have discussed road infrastructure development projects and wastewater treatment plants in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081726/mpwt-world-bank-discuss-infrastructure-development-in-cambodia/
Report: Foreign-funded infrastructure projects need more scrutiny for quality control
As foreign funders drive the construction of major new infrastructure projects in Cambodia, an inconsistent regulatory approach may be opening lanes for shoddy construction. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-foreign-funded-infrastructure-projects-need-more-scrutiny-for-quality-control/
Kampong Speu residents blast Kampong Speu Provincial Department of Public Works and Transport Director
Criticisms have been levied against the Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport of Kampong Speu for the inaction despite roads in the province being heavily damaged. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070632/kampong-speu-residents-blast-kampong-speu-provincial-department-of-public-works-and-transport-director/
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Express Way Set for July 2022 Completion
As of late April 2022, 90.95% of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway construction project has been completed, and it is expected to be open for public use in July. Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend and preside over its official opening ceremony. ...
Ivan Fredriech Cano
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068708/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-express-way-set-for-july-2022-completion/
Cambodia to study upgrade of existing railway to a high-speed railway from Poipet-Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville
Prime Minister Hun Sen , Head of the Royal Government has instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to study the feasibility of improving the existing railway system in Cambodia into a high-speed railway. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501065341/cambodia-to-study-upgrade-of-existing-railway-to-a-high-speed-railway-from-poipet-phnom-penh-sihanoukville/
Minister mulls blacklisting firm over National Road 2, 22
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has warned that a South Korean company that was awarded the contracts to construct stretches of National Roads 2 and 22 may be blacklisted from operating in the Kingdom after the ministry determined it had worked too ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-mulls-blacklisting-firm-over-national-road-2-22
38 roads in Cambodia’s most popular tourist hub open to traffic
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated 38 roads with a total length of 108 km in the cultural town of Siem Reap, gateway to the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501052824/38-roads-in-cambodias-most-popular-tourist-hub-open-to-traffic/
Chinese-built road facilitating travel flow, goods transport in SW Cambodia
Connecting Kampong Speu and Kandal provinces in southwest Cambodia, the Chinese-built National Road No. 51 is playing an important role in facilitating travel flow and transport of goods. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048083/chinese-built-road-facilitating-travel-flow-goods-transport-in-sw-cambodia/
Construction of Serei Sophorn-Poipet road section to begin soon
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and Japanese construction companies have signed an agreement on the fourth stage of National Road 5 Improvement Project linking Phnom Penh capital to Poipet city, at the border with Thailand. The signing ceremony took place on March ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047223/construction-of-serei-sophorn-poipet-road-section-to-begin-soon/
Strategic National Road 21 stretch opens
A nearly 64km stretch of National Road 21 connecting the Takhmao roundabout in Kandal province’s Takhmao town to the Cambodian-Vietnamese international border checkpoint between Chrey Thom and Vietnam’s Long Binh was formally inaugurated on March 23. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strategic-national-road-21-stretch-opens