Urban administration and development

Urban policy and administration

Ta Ngov residents to keep land despite road expansion

Residents of the Phnom Penh suburb of Ta Ngov have reached a verbal agreement with the Chbar Ampov district government to make room for the expansion of a road along Barang Canal. ...

James Reddick and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13960/ta-ngov-residents-to-keep-land-despite-road-expansion/

Sihanoukville beach vendors ordered to move

Authorities in Sihanoukville have ordered 26 vendors on O’chheuteal Beach to move their stalls away from the popular stretch of sand by Saturday next week in the interest of “aesthetic beauty” or face eviction. ...

Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beach-vendors-ordered-to-move-90207/

Enforcement of traffic law to begin with speeding

Implementation of the new Land Traffic Law that was passed in December will officially begin on January 1, an official said Monday, with police focusing on the leading causes of traffic accidents, starting with speeding. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/enforcement-of-traffic-law-to-begin-with-speeding-89659/

Vendors meet with city over construction fears

About 500 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Phsar Doeum Kor market on Wednesday gathered at City Hall to protest plans to demolish and rebuild the wholesale hub, worried that they will lose their stalls and be forced to purchase new ones. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vendors-meet-with-city-over-construction-fears-89276/

City mulling midnight curfew for clubs, bars

At midnight in some parts of Phnom Penh, the party is just getting started.But on Monday, City Hall said it was considering ordering all businesses that serve alcohol to close their doors by 12 a.m. to reduce fatal traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-mulling-midnight-curfew-for-clubs-bars-89119/

White building residents receive another safety warning

Every year since 2007, the Phnom Penh government has sent letters to residents of the iconic White Building warning that it is unsafe and urging them to move out. Every year, most of the 547 families packed into the aging apartment complex choose to stay.  ...

Va Sonyka and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13550/white-building-residents-receive-another-safety-warning/

Parking attendants leery of automation

A pilot project to create the first-ever mechanical toll-parking system in the Cambodian capital has sparked concern among the city’s freelance parking attendants, who eke out a living on the tips they receive from helping drivers find space to park their car. ...

Un Raksmey
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13530/parking-attendants-leery-of-automation/

New law aims to tame wild drivers

Every day Dr. Chhor Nareth treats injuries caused by the anarchy on Cambodia’s roads, where few drivers wear helmets, traffic lights are routinely ignored, and driving on the wrong side of the road is common. He has worked in the emergency Intensive Care Unit at ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13504/new-law-aims-to-tame-wild-drivers/

Police installing CCTV cameras at major intersections

Cambodian national police have begun installing closed-circuit TV cameras at traffic lights, in hopes of better enforcing traffic laws and to assist authorities in solving crimes. ...

Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/police-installing-cctv-cameras-at-major-intersections/2866701.html

Street vendors fight to stay on street

Life as a street vendor begins as early as 4 o’clock every morning. As soon as dawn breaks, business hours begin for vendors in Kilometer 4 Market. ...

Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13461/street-vendors-fight-to-stay-on-street/

Chinese police start placing surveillance cameras

Chinese police began installing surveillance cameras on the streets of Phnom Penh on Tuesday, following a donation from Beijing to assist authorities in monitoring crime and traffic in the capital, an official said Wednesday. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-police-start-placing-surveillance-cameras-88535/

Dey Krahom leader acquitted of defamation, forgery

Chan Vichet, a representative of the former Dey Krahorm community, whose homes were bulldozed in 2009 to make way for development in Phnom Penh, was acquitted on Friday of defamation and forgery charges brought against him in 2005 by fellow evictees. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dey-krahom-leader-acquitted-of-defamation-forgery-87336/

Scavengers cut solid waste in country’s lone recycling progam

The day ends late for Cambodian waste pickers. Darkness does not stop them. They walk through the night wearing  small miners’ lights announcing their presence by shouting “et chay,” which means “scavenger.” ...

Marina Shafik
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12915/scavengers-cut-solid-waste-in-country---s-lone-recycling-progam/

Firm tests paid spots to curb parking woes in Phnom Penh

With Phnom Penh’s parking situation in “disarray,” City Hall has agreed to allow a Cambodian-Japanese joint venture to test a paid-parking scheme next month in an effort to reduce the number of parked cars clogging the capital’s streets, according to company officials. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-tests-paid-spots-to-curb-parking-woes-in-phnom-penh-85636/

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