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ខ្មែរ Road and Infrastructure
Four Major Road Projects Set for Official Inauguration
- 15 February 2023
Four major national road projects, including the third ring road, NR5, NR2, and NR22, will be officially inaugurated in the coming months. Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol confirmed Ring Road 3 will be open to the public in May 2023. The project has a total length of nearly 53km and was officially broken ground under the presidency of PM Hun Sen in 2019. (Read more )...
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Construction of PP-Bavet Expressway Set to Begin in June 2023
- 15 February 2023
The construction of the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway project is set to begin in June 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) on 15 February. MPWT Minister HE Sun Chanthol said that the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway project would officially start construction in June 2023, while technicians and stakeholders are currently speeding up the impact study. The PP-Bavet E...
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Cambodia & Laos Discuss Plans for Border Crossing Bridge
- 14 February 2023
The Cambodian government and the Government of Laos PDR are in talks regarding the construction of a border crossing bridge, enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two nations. PM Samdech Hun Manet of Cambodia and PM HE Sonexay Siphandone of Laos PDR deliberated on this significant project during their meeting in Vientiane on 25 March. The proposed bridge, spanning the Ropov River betwe...
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Construction of Siem Reap Angkor International Airport 75% Complete
- 14 February 2023
Construction of the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport has been 75% completed as of February and is scheduled for final completion and ready for a test flight in March 2023 as planned, according to Mr Zou Yuhiu, President of Yunan Air Investment Co., Ltd, during a site inspection on 13 February. The construction of this airport is costing a total of US$620 million with the aim to boost...
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Gov’t Studies Feasibility of Building New Road Along Railway in Toul Kork
- 14 February 2023
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport are studying the feasibility of building a new road along the railway line from Phnom Penh International Airport behind the Techno School in Toul Kork district. According to a meeting between Phnom Penh Governor HE Khuong Sren and Executive Director of Cambodia Airports Cyril Girot on 13 February, if built,...
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India Invests US$13bn to Build Country’s Longest Highway Connecting New Delhi & Mumbai
- 13 February 2023
India officially broke ground on the first stage of its longest expressway, a route linking Delhi and Mumbai, as it makes a concerted infrastructure push to catch up with its geopolitical rival China. The expressway project is a new 1,386-kilometre four-lane road with a total budget of US$13bn which will eventually cut the road travel time between the country’s two biggest cities in half, to 1...
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Bentley Systems Launches iTwin Experience, iTwin Capture, & iTwin IoT to Extend iTwin
- 11 February 2023
At the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference on 15 November, Bentley Systems announced new capabilities of its iTwin Platform, significantly extending the scope and interoperability of infrastructure data that engineering firms and owner-operators can use to create and leverage digital twins in design, construction, and operations workflows. The new iTwin Platform capabilities will power Bentl...
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Xi Jinping Provides US$44m for Cambodian Railway Project
- 10 February 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a grant of 300 million yuan (over US$44 million) to support the Cambodian railway project. According to National Television of Cambodia, during the visit of Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen to China, the President of China thanked Samdech Techo for publicly declaring, “If I do not rely on China, who do I depend on?”. In return, the Chinese president...
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PM Requests China to Study Feasibility of High-Speed Railways in PP & SR
- 10 February 2023
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has asked China Metro Group Limited to study two high-speed light rail projects, one in Phnom Penh and another in Siem Reap, to reduce traffic congestion. This is according to a meeting between PM Hun Sen and three major Chinese companies on 9 February during an official visit to the People's Republic of China. Three major Chinese investment companies, includ...
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Bentley Systems Announces Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, Powered by iTwin
- 9 February 2023
At the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference, Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, its combination of enterprise systems that span the end-to-end lifecycle and value chain of the world’s infrastructure. Powered by the iTwin Platform and Bentley’s infrastructure schemas and thus seamlessly integrating with Bentley’s engineering applications, Bentley Infrastructure ...
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