Plan aims to cut road deaths
Every day, five people die in traffic accidents in Cambodia – a number the government is hoping to reduce with a new policy aimed at cutting traffic accidents by 50 per cent in 2020. The National Policy on Road Safety, passed by the Council of Ministers on Friday, is an expansion of the existing Road Safety Action Plan for 2011-2020. But while it will see the budget for the project quintupled, from $2 million a year to $10 million a year, specifics provided to the Post yesterday were thin. Under the new policy, Cambodia will implement the United Nations’ five road safety strategies, as well as three Cambodia-specific plans, according to Men Chansokol, chief of international relations at the National Road Safety Committee. …
Chhay Channyda and Lieng Sarith
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