Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway - Now Open

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Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, the construction of the new 190.365 km expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville will begin on March 22, 2019.
The road will be a four-lane highway, 24.5 meters wide, divided in two by a road divider, and made of 10 cm concrete and 12 cm rubber(ATB). There will be two external barriers to prevent animals from crossing the road.

The expressway will be completed in 48 months.
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So strange seeing the artist's concepts, with no overloaded trucks, vans or motos on the road.
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:38 am So strange seeing the artist's concepts, with no overloaded trucks, vans or motos on the road.
And such beautiful road dividers, all intact. ;-)
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And greenery everywhere instead of a barren treeless landscape.
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All villages and farms have been moved away as well.
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If only Cambodia looked that nice... A toll though? Is this part of the plan?
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Queef wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:06 am If only Cambodia looked that nice... A toll though? Is this part of the plan?



Yes ,,, It's user pays. Probably free for a while to get people hooked onto the idea of using it.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Duncan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:42 am
Queef wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:06 am If only Cambodia looked that nice... A toll though? Is this part of the plan?



Yes ,,, It's user pays. Probably free for a while to get people hooked onto the idea of using it.
Got it. That's probably the only idea they could come up with to pay off the interest fees on that Chinese loan
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Duncan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:42 am
Queef wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:06 am If only Cambodia looked that nice... A toll though? Is this part of the plan?



Yes ,,, It's user pays. Probably free for a while to get people hooked onto the idea of using it.
Will the tolls keep off the slow moving 'local' traffic (push bikes, mopeds pulling flatbed delivery carts etc) off the road? If so, it might help prevent the carnage predicted in another previous topic on this subject. Or will they just sneak on and off somehow?
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Doc67 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:14 am
Duncan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:42 am
Queef wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:06 am If only Cambodia looked that nice... A toll though? Is this part of the plan?



Yes ,,, It's user pays. Probably free for a while to get people hooked onto the idea of using it.
Will the tolls keep off the slow moving 'local' traffic (push bikes, mopeds pulling flatbed delivery carts etc) off the road? If so, it might help prevent the carnage predicted in another previous topic on this subject. Or will they just sneak on and off somehow?
I'm just realizing this... the Cambodian DOT doesn't have laws/ policies preventing mopeds and tuk tuks from using freeways, right? Not that it would change anything really, but I can already see the kinda shit show it's gonna be if a foreigner runs over a fucktard making a U-turn on the freeway.
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