Fatal bridge accident in Kandal prompts inquiry

Cambodian government officials have opened an investigation into accusations that Hanshin, a Korean construction company, breached contract by failing to follow safety regulations after two brothers were killed when they drove off an unfinished bridge in a Hanshin construction zone last week.   ...

Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fatal-bridge-accident-kandal-prompts-inquiry

Korean firm violated its contract: Minister

Sun Chanthol, the Minister of Public Works and Transport, said last week that Hanshin Engineering and Construction Company, a Korean firm that won the contract to improve National Road 21, violated the contract with the government by hiring a subcontractor to do the job. ...

Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27873/korean-firm-violated--its-contract--minister/

Thai transport quotas to rise

Cambodia and five other countries that share the Mekong River have agreed to open their borders to more commercial truck and tourist bus traffic as part of a transnational agreement aimed at promoting regional logistics and tourism, a senior transport official said yesterday.   ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-transport-quotas-rise

Finish date announced for National Rd 1 work

Upgrades to National Road 1 are expected to be completed by March 2017, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/finish-date-announced-national-rd-1-work

New Pailin-Koh Kong road planned

A new road linking Pailin province to the coastal province of Koh Kong has been planned, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, aimed at helping agricultural products from the northern provinces reach sea ports quicker.    ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27093/new-pailin-koh-kong-road-planned/

Government blames development company for road collapse

A government investigation into the collapse of a road next to Phnom Penh’s Olympic Stadium during a flash flood on Wednesday has concluded that a powerful development company’s adjacent construction site was at fault, officials said on Thursday. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-blames-development-company-for-road-collapse-113923/

Tunnels, overpasses to be built in capital

A section of road built beneath the ground and a renovated Kbal Thnal overpass may be on the way for the capital’s drivers, according to Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatevong, although other officials close to the projects say construction could start as early as next ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25863/tunnels--overpasses-to-be-built-in-capital/

Official interrogated in mosque road case

During a closed-door session at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, Muslim community leader Ahmad Yahya denied defaming fellow community leader Othsman Hassan.   ...

Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-interrogated-mosque-road-case

Families watch as land flattened for road

Helmeted state security guards on Thursday blocked landowners from entering their plots in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district as heavy machinery razed crude structures and leveled the earth to make way for a hotly disputed road construction project.   ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-watch-as-land-flattened-for-road-111621/

Sokha hotel to foot bill for Sihanouk beach road

The government has ordered the beachfront Sokha Hotel in Preah Sihanouk province to open a section of fence that blocks access to a stretch of beach, as well as construct a direct, paved route for pedestrians and cyclists making their way to the waterside. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23707/sokha-hotel-to-foot-bill-for-sihanouk-beach-road/

Expressway plans scrapped amid eviction fears

Ambitious plans for an elevated expressway above a set of derelict railway tracks linking central Phnom Penh to the airport have been scrapped, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Tuesday, two months after senior government officials warned that it would negatively impact at least a ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/expressway-plans-scrapped-amid-eviction-fears-110916/

PM threatens to remove official because of poor roads

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened to remove Sam Piseth, Phnom Penh’s Public Works and Transport Department Director, saying he was not satisfied with inefficient road maintenance in the capital. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23642/pm-threatens-to-remove-official-because-of-poor-roads/

Amateur motorsport cup promotes road safety

Phnom Penh’s hell-raising street racers will enjoy a structured outlet for their love of motorbikes at a new amateur racing cup on Koh Pich island this weekend, a competition also meant to promote compliance with the new traffic law. ...

Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amateur-motorsport-cup-promotes-road-safety-110452/

Japan gives $181 million in loan and aid

Japan agreed to provide Cambodia with a $181 million loan yesterday to help the renovation of National Road 5 linking Phnom Penh to Poipet, to help expand the Japanese Bridge and to assist in demining operations throughout the Kingdom. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23025/japan-gives--181-million-in-loan-and-aid/

Henan in lead for airport expressway

In a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen, government ministers have recommended a Chinese-owned company take the reins of the multi-million dollar Phnom Penh airport expressway, amid ongoing frustrations from residents who may be impacted by the development.   ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/henan-lead-airport-expressway

Explainer: China’s one belt one road initiative

One Belt One Road refers to the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road.” Chinese President Xi Jinping first brought up the concept during foreign visits in late 2013. It is Xi’s signature world economic strategy. ...

Hong Kong Free Press Team
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/06/explainer-chinas-one-belt-one-road-initiative/

City hall plans first pedestrian bridge

City Hall plans to build Phnom Penh’s first pedestrian bridge across National Road 4 in front of Chumpo Voan market in Por Senchey district to ensure safety in accordance with the plan to expand the road. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21977/city-hall-plans-first-pedestrian-bridge/

New scrutiny for heavy trucks on tsubasa bridge

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has set up a checkpoint with a vehicle scale at the eastern entrance to Tsubasa Bridge on Friday, after an overloaded rice truck damaged the bridge’s pavement last week. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-scrutiny-heavy-trucks-tsubasa-bridge

New border link expected to boost trade with Thailand

Cambodia and Thailand are set to have a new international border crossing on National Road 5, linking Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21667/new-border-link-expected-to-boost-trade-with-thailand/

Major route linking Ho Chi Minh City to Cambodia to be broadened

The Vietnamese government has given the go-ahead to a project to enlarge a major route playing an important part in the transport of goods from provinces and cities in southern Vietnam to Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries, local newswire VnExpress reported Monday. ...

Tuoi Tre Team
http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/33224/major-route-linking-ho-chi-minh-city-to-cambodia-to-be-broadened

Land row meet yields no answers, new meeting

A group of Boeung Chhouk village residents being asked to vacate to make room for a new road met yesterday with a senior Council of Ministers official in a bid to resolve the long-running dispute. However, they walked away with nothing but the possibility of ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-row-meet-yields-no-answers-new-meeting

Chroy Changvar road row pushes into day 2

A protest against city hall’s decision to clear residents’ land for a new road on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula without paying compensation yesterday entered its second day. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chroy-changvar-road-row-pushes-day-2

Residents protest satellite city road construction

Roughly ten residents from the Kien Kleang community set fire to tires in protest of a City Hall development near National Road 6A, along which the majority of the community lives, after bulldozers began felling their fences and clearing their land.  ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20543/residents-protest-satellite-city-road-construction/

Residents protest road planned near OCIC development site

About 50 Phnom Penh residents gathered On Sunday to rally against a planned road on Chroy Changva peninsula that will run alongside a massive $3 billion development project. The 12-meter-wide road will be located just 100 meters behind National Road 6A. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/residents-protest-road-planned-near-ocic-development-site-106262/

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