P.P ? P. Sihanouk Expressway First Leg of Master Plan

• 31 December 2015
• Local News
• 1155 Views

The first Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway is to be constructed next year in order to facilitate goods transportation from the capital to the international seaport, according to Agence Kampuchea Press.

Speaking at the press conference after a signing ceremony between the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and China’s Henan Provincial Communication Planning, Survey and Design Institute Co. Ltd, on 5 August, H.E Lim Sidenine said if there is no obstacle, construction of the 190km-long, 25m-wide expressway would begin in 2016 and be completed in 2020 with an investment capital of $1.6bn.

According to Cambodia’s Expressway Master Plan, by 2020, Cambodia needs 850km of expressways, estimated to cost around $9bn, and by 2040 needs investment capital of $26bn to build 2,230km of expressway, he added.