PP-SHV Expressway to Open for Traffic Temporarily in July, Ahead of Schedule

• 9 February 2022
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The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is scheduled to be put into operation in July 2022, two months ahead of the previous plan.

Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol announced the temporary launch of the expressway at a meeting to review the results of road safety work in 2021 on 9 February.

As of January 2022, the construction of this expressway was 81% complete.

According to the first plan, the road would be completed in March 2023, but later accelerated to September 2022, and now rescheduled to July. (Read more)

During the trial period, the ministry will ask the company not to charge the toll fee and will ask for a lower fee in the next phase.

The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has a total length of 190 kilometres connecting Sangkat Samrong Krom, Khan Por Senchey in Phnom Penh to Sangkat 3 in Sihanoukville.

The project is expected to cost a total of US$2 billion and is being built by China Bridge and Road Corporation (CRBC) through the Cambodian PPSHV Expressway Co., Ltd.

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