Government Establishing Inter-Ministerial Committee to Accelerate Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway

• 17 July 2020
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Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has signed an official decision establishing an inter-ministerial committee to accelerate the implementation of the Phnom Penh-Bavet expressway.

According to Decision No. 75 SSR dated on 16 July, the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway project has already been studied and proposed by the China Railway International Group Co., Ltd, in the form of a Build-Operate-Transfer investment. This comes after a previous feasibility study by the Japanese government was considered too expensive.

This new committee will be responsible for reviewing and advising on procedures, the legal framework, and image of investment to the firm, promoting and accelerating the implementation of the project, and reporting on the progress to government.

According to the same source, the committee is chaired by the Minister of Public Works and Transport H.E Sun Chanthol with three vice-chairmen and 13 members from relevant ministries.

The Cambodian government has been studying the feasibility of this project year for several years, and in 2019 a framework agreement was signed with the private company. The government gave 18 months for the firm to conduct a detailed study before moving to the next stage.

Expected to cost over US$2 billion, the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway project would have a total length of 135km crossing through Kandal, Prey Veng, and Svay Rieng provinces before reaching the Bavet border gate, sharing a border to Vietnam. (Read more)

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