Video Player Close PHNOM PENH, June 21 (Xinhua) — Cambodian Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said Monday that the construction of the Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has gone full steam despite the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to be completed ahead of schedule. Invested by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), the 2-billion-U.S.-dollar expressway will connect the capital city of Phnom Penh and the deep-sea port province of Preah Sihanouk in the country’s southwestern part. The construction of the expressway began in March 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in March 2023. It is believed that the firm will be able to finish the project by September 2022, Chanthol said, according to the live broadcast on the ministry’s official Facebook page. “So far, about 55 percent of the construction has been completed,” he told reporters during a visit to a stretch of the road in Kampong Speu province. At a width of 24.5 meters with two lanes on either side, vehicles can travel at a speed of 100 km per hour, so it will take only two hours to travel between the two destinations, compared with five hours at present, he said. The minister added that… Read full this story
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