Construction of NR10 Connecting Battambang & Koh Kong 55% Complete

• 4 January 2022
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Construction of the 198km NR10 connecting Samlot district in Battambang province to Veal Veng district in Pursat and to Koh Kong province has been approximately 55% completed, and is on track for full completion in late 2023.

The progress update was made by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport during the site inspection at the end of December last year.

The project is costing US$188 million, which is a mixture of a Chinese loan and Cambodian government budget.

The project is being built in accordance with Chinese level 3 technical standards, paved with double-layers DBST, with a total width of 9m.

The route will also include the construction of 23 bridges with a length of 1,721m. Meanwhile, 65.89km of the road is a detour around the Cardamom Mountains, as the engineering team try to avoid cutting into the mountain to preserve the environment and wildlife.

With ground broken in March 2020, the road is being built by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) under the technical supervision of Guangzhou Wanan Construction Supervision Co., Ltd. and will take 48 months to complete, which will be around late 2023.

NR10 is an important artery of Cambodia’s national economy, helping connect the Khmer-Thai border to the deep seaport in Sihanoukville through Battambang and Kong Kong. With this route, cargo trucks do not have to pass through Phnom Penh, which is more cost and time effective.

• Road and Infrastructure