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Kandal road campaign set to reclaim sidewalks
The Kandal Provincial Public Works and Transport Department will conduct a campaign to reclaim public roadsides and expand roads in the province to 15 metres from the road median from November 14. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-road-campaign-set-reclaim-sidewalks
Capital ferry hosts official launch
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport said caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the official launch of a ferry service that has been operating for the past three months. The service takes passengers along the Tonle Sap and Tonle Bassac rivers, making three ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capital-ferry-hosts-official-launch
Phnom Penh municipality mulls new sky bridge
City Hall is in the midst of conducting preliminary studies to assess the feasibility of building either an overpass or an underground tunnel at the Chaom Chao roundabout in an effort to ease traffic congestion in the area. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-municipality-mulls-new-sky-bridge
Road 5 to be Asean road
National Road 5 which connects Phnom Penh to the border with Thailand at Banteay Meanchey will soon be expanded to strengthen Asean’s trade connectivity between Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday assistance from the Japanese government to improve National Road 5 will ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27532/road-5-to-be-asean-road/
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/
Bridge broken by illegal load
Kampot’s Ta Reach bridge was severely damaged by a truck overloaded with illegal luxury timber over the weekend, prompting a manhunt for the truck’s driver, who was apparently on his way to Vietnam at the time of the accident. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26038/bridge-broken-by-illegal-load/
New border crossing set to make trade easier
Planning for the Stung Bot checkpoint on the Thai border is almost finalised, with the construction of new infrastructure to support trade facilitation to be completed by the end of 2018, officials said yesterday. Vasim Sorya, the director general of administration at the Ministry of Public ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-border-crossing-set-make-trade-easier
Thai rail link back on track
Representatives from Cambodia and Thailand yesterday agreed to a 2013 completion date for a railway link from Phnom Penh across the Cambodia-Thailand border crossing at Poipet. Outdated agreements had delayed the project, Thai officials said. Insiders have also said disagreements over cross-border trade have kept the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011121353318/Business/thai-rail-link-back-on-track.html