PM nixes airport expressway
PM nixes airport expressway
Traffic congestion is a good thing.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p ... n-concernsPM nixes airport expressway, citing construction concerns
Wed, 6 April 2016
Pech Sotheary and Ananth Baliga
In what appeared to be yet another sweeping gesture to address public concerns, Prime Minister HE yesterday announced the cancellation of plans to build a multimillion-dollar expressway leading to the Phnom Penh International Airport, a plan that officials had hoped would reduce mounting traffic jams in the capital.
The premier said the project would not proceed given the difficulties surrounding the expressway’s construction and asked the eight communities opposing the project to stop their protests and withdraw their demands for a public forum on the issue.
“The project had not started, but people were demanding a public forum,” he said. “Now we will not have a public forum because we do not know what to talk about.”
In previous remarks, former transportation minister Tram Iv Tek had said the expressway would drastically reduce travel time to the airport, which was currently hampered by “congested roads”.
And speaking to administration students last year, Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong bemoaned mounting traffic jams and called for more toll roads and expressways, maintaining that traffic jams cost Phnom Penh some $70 million in wasted petrol and lost time every year.
Yesterday’s announcement, made at the inauguration of the new Phnom Penh City Hall building, came after the communities picketed and demanded the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation host a public discussion to air their concerns.
According to a report filed by Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon in late January, three companies had submitted bids to build the road, with China-based Henan Provincial Communications Planning Survey and Design Institute’s 10-kilometre, $260 million proposal winning out.
Lim Sidenin, secretary of state at the Ministry of Public Works who has provided information about the expressway project in the past, said he had yet to hear about the prime minister’s announcement.
The expressway isn’t the first public project the prime minister has cancelled – apparently unilaterally. In the past he has personally announced the cancellation of toll road contracts on Veng Sreng Boulevard and National Road 4, at times characterising the decisions as “gifts” for the people.
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Re: PM nixes airport expressway
as with this Mr HE, metaphorically if he ask you to cater for his dinner of 1000pax, i would not slaughter the cows just yet
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Re: PM nixes airport expressway
He announced it and now he nixed it. KOW.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
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If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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Re: PM nixes airport expressway
This is a complete WTF. Honestly, What.the.actual.fuck
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