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Manet touches down in Beijing for high-level meetings

Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Beijing on September 14 for his first official visit to China, where he is slated to attend the 20th China-ASEAN Expo and meet other leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/manet-touches-down-beijing-high-level-meetings

Govt forms taskforce to expedite PP-SR Expressway project

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has formed an inter-ministerial taskforce or commission to expedite the implementation of the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway (PP-SR Expressway) project proposed by the Chinese infrastructure construction firm China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), said a senior official of the ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1323751/govt-forms-taskforce-to-expedite-pp-sr-expressway-project/

Cambodia signs contract with Chinese firm to build 2nd expressway

Cambodia on Thursday granted a concessional contract to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to invest in constructing and operating the second expressway connecting its capital Phnom Penh with Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City on the border with Vietnam. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293216/cambodia-signs-contract-with-chinese-firm-to-build-2nd-expressway/

2.53 mln vehicles travel on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia

A highway operator’s spokesman said on Wednesday that 2.53 million cars have gone on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Freeway in the 200 days since it opened to the public in October last year. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276315/2-53-mln-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia/

Chanthol proposes infrastructure projects to Chinese company

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Chinese government have established a technical team who will assess the feasibility of the construction of a Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed railway project. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chanthol-proposes-infrastructure-projects-chinese-company

No issues with Bassac-Kampot seaport project: study

The feasibility study of a navigation and logistics project to link the Bassac River in Phnom Penh to a “seaport” in the Kampot-Kep region shows that there are no technical, environmental or legal issues, according to the transport ministry. ...

Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-issues-bassac-kampot-seaport-project-study

Bassac sea link needs just one new canal: Chanthol

The completion of a proposed waterway link from the Bassac River to a “seaport” in the Kampot-Kep region will require the excavation of just one new canal, around 7km long, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bassac-sea-link-needs-just-one-new-canal-chanthol

Cambodian railway regauging study completed

A feasibility study for a further rebuild of the 382 km line from Phnom Penh to Poipet on the Thai border was submitted to the government on January 24. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501235649/cambodian-railway-regauging-study-completed/

Capital-Poipet express rail project making headway

The preliminary results of a feasibility study to upgrade the Phnom Penh-Poipet railway into Cambodia’s first express railway indicate that the project would cost more than $4 billion and would take around four years to complete. ...

Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-poipet-express-rail-project-making-headway

PM breaks ground on $117M nat’l road project in K Cham

Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 9 presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for a 45.5km stretch of National Road 7 being upgraded and widened from two lanes to four. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-breaks-ground-117m-natl-road-project-k-cham

Capital-Sihanoukville expressway tolls discounted 20% for first year

The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway will open as a toll road from November 1, with the company administering the highway – China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) – declaring a 20 per cent discount on all tolls for the first year of operations. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-sihanoukville-expressway-tolls-discounted-20-first-year

Second expressway project technical meet held

The inter-ministry commission’s working group and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) conducted a technical meeting on the second expressway project, connecting Phnom Penh to Bavet city in Svay Rieng province. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501174036/second-expressway-project-technical-meet-held/

Stay off capital-Sihanoukville expressway till Oct, drivers told

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has once again called on drivers to stop using the Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk Expressway as the highway has not been officially opened to the public. The scheduled opening date is set for this coming October. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stay-capital-sihanoukville-expressway-till-oct-drivers-told

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

Study on Bassac River-Kep sea waterway link finished

Cambodia and China are looking into the logistics of creating a connection between the Bassac River and the sea in Kep province to provide a viable alternative for waterway passenger and freight traffic to enter the Kingdom without passing through Vietnam, according to the transport ...

Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-bassac-river-kep-sea-waterway-link-finished

Firm wraps up study of waterborne logistic hub in capital

The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has finished a feasibility study for the construction of a waterway and logistic facility along the Bassac River in Phnom Penh. ...

Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-wraps-study-waterborne-logistic-hub-capital

Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway construction works on schedule

According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia, the construction of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is progressing smoothly and to date, the project has achieved 63% in terms of overall completion. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50905822/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-construction-works-on-schedule/

PP-SHV Expressway on track for completion in early 2023

The construction of the $1.9 billion Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, which broke ground at the end of March, is on track to be completed by early 2023, Ministry of Public Works and Transport spokesman Vasim Sorya said on Monday. The 190km high-speed highway linking the capital ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pp-shv-expressway-track-completion-early-2023

Cambodia-China talk expressway

A proposed Chinese-built highway linking Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville appears to be moving forward, after the chairman of the company behind the project met with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh yesterday.   ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28412/cambodia-china-talk-expressway/

Chinese firm seeks funding for Sihanoukville expressway

Officials from China’s Export-Import Bank are expected to visit Cambodia this week to study granting a loan to a Chinese construction firm to build a $1.6 billion, 190-kilometer long expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24197/chinese-firm-seeks-funding-for-sihanoukville-expressway/

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