Worse than Potholes, Street 63 Roadwork Hurts City’s Image

Skyscrapers, supermarkets and high-end clothing stores along Sihanouk Boulevard may reflect the increasingly affluent side of Phnom Penh, but turning down busy Street 63 toward Central Market the scene is more warzone than Asean capital, with air thick with dust and the road peppered with water logged potholes and cracked concrete. … Last year, City Hall asked residents, businesses and drivers for their patience as a drainage system upgrade project on Street 63-funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)- required the digging up of the road to lay new pipes to help drain water from the flood-prone stretch. Since then, deep potholes have developed in the rubble that is now the roads surface, leaving drivers a tricky path to negotiate, while the traffic kicks up a constant haze of concrete dust that locals say is hurting their health and business. … City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said that the JICA drainage-system project, which is now involved in laying pipes at some kilometres way near Mao Tse Tung Boulevard is still ongoing and that he did not know when it would be finished. …

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