Australia helps safer roads in Cambodia

6 August 2011
The Southeast Asia Weekly
AusAid / Australian aid / Australian Embassy / Cambodia / Farmers / Government / helmets / Infrastructure / infrastructure investments / Jennifer Lean / Jennifer Lean Acting Counsellor AusAID / Kampong Chhnang / Kampong Chhnang Province / Markets / Minister for Public Works and Transport / Public Works and Transport / Pursat / Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia Project / Road Assist Management Project / Road safety / roads / Royal Government of Cambodia / rural areas / Rural Electrification and Transmission Project / Southern Coastal Corridor Project / traffic regulations / Tram Iv Tek / Tram Iv Tek Minister for Public Works and Transport

H.E. Tram Iv Tek, Minister for Pulic Works and Transport this week hosted a ceremony in Kampong Chhnang to inaugurate the completion on 87 kilometers of maintenance on National Road 5 between Phnom Penh and Kampong Chhnang under the joing Road Asset Management Project. The Minister will also mark the commencement of the next phase of 80 kilometers, from Kampong Chhnang to Pursat. The Road Asset Management Project is assisting the Ministry of Public Works and transport with periodic maintenance of approximately 950 km of Cambodia’s roads and is working with the Ministry to improve the management of these key assets (p 9). http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/