Plan to Build New Expressway Linking New Airport & City Centre Delayed, says SSCA

• 3 July 2021
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The construction of a new expressway linking between Phnom Penh city centre and the new Phnom Penh International Airport in Kandal province might not begin this year as planned due to the COVID-19 crisis. Yet, the project remains on the table and the feasibility study also continues, according to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA)’s spokesman.

OCIC Chairman Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se used told Construction & Property News late last year that ground will be broken on Phase 1 of the project this year.

However, SSCA spokesman HE Sin Chansereyvutha said on 02 June that the project might be delayed due to the pandemic.

Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se said in an exclusive interview with Construction & Property Magazine last year that the expressway will be built as a flyover with a total length of 21 kilometres, divided into two phases.

“The first phase is about 10 kilometres long passing through Hun Sen Blvd and Street 271, and all the way from the Kbal Thnal junction to NR2. Meanwhile, the second phase is about 11 kilometres linking from NR2 to the new Phnom Penh Airport,” said Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se.

The whole project will cost approximately US$400 million and is expected to be completed shortly after the new airport’s completion, which is sometime after 2023. (Read more)

In the meantime, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport has also recently announced plans to construct a railway linking Phnom Penh city centre to the new Phnom Penh airport to help ease travel after the airport’s completion in 2023. (Read more)

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