City’s third overpass shoots for ahead-of-schedule completion

Phnom Penh’s third overpass, or flyover, bridge is now close to completion, some eight months ahead of schedule, and its planners say it will not only greatly improve traffic congestion in the southwest of the city but will also lead to price increases for property that will have easier access to downtown. The so-called butterfly-shaped overpass – a variation on a standard cloverleaf interchange – is now visibly taking shape, with construction slated to be completed in August. The Stung Meanchey flyover project was inaugurated on November 26, 2012, with a budget of $19 million financed by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), and is now 70 per cent complete, according to Touch Samnang, the project’s manager. …

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