Cracks discovered in bridge

18 July 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Government / Infrastructure / Japanese aid / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Public Works and Transport / Roads and bridges / Transport and shipping / Transport and shipping policy and administration / Transport infrastructure and facilities
Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge / Chreang Sophan / Chroy Changvar bridge / Japanese International Cooperation Agency / JICA / Masahiko Egami / Ministry of Public Works and Transportation / MPWT / Phnom Penh City Hall / Toch Chan Kosal

The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MPWT) and the Phnom Penh municipality are preparing a ban on heavy trucks crossing the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge after cracks were discovered in a pillar on the bridge’s eastern end, a City Hall official confirmed yesterday. At a meeting on Wednesday led by MPWT Secretary of State Toch Chan Kosal and Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Chreang Sophan, officials determined that the nearly 50-year-old bridge – also known as the Chroy Changvar bridge – was in need of repairs, and would be off-limits to vehicles weighing more than 2.5 tonnes while those repairs were under way. …

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