Not sure if this is linked or not, but Khmer families in Sihanoukville have also been asked to remove buildings and signs on state land for a future road widening.

Sihanoukville residents to remove homes
29 July 2019
The Sihanoukville municipal administration on Saturday issued a notice ordering buildings on state land along Street 821A, in Commune 4, to be removed by August 2.

Municipal governor Y Sokleng on Sunday said the administration planned to widen Street 821A – currently eight metres wide – along with two other streets.

“We’ve given notice to residents according to the law. If [the road expansion] seriously affects the buildings there, we will further consider by how much the street should be widened."

“However, let the owners of [illegal] structures remove them as per the master plan.”

“In case any building owners fail to comply with this notice, the Sihanoukville municipal administration will take action and remove the buildings without being responsible for damages to their property and materials,” said Sokleng.

On July 18, Sihanoukville authorities issued an announcement informing all organisations and residents on Street 200, in Group 5 in Commune 4’s Village 4, that to develop the area, the Preah Sihanouk provincial authority planned to expand the street to a width of 30-40m.

They were given until July 25 to remove “any buildings that were erected on public spaces”.

More than 100 families living on the street submitted a petition to provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun on July 22 seeking his intervention.
On July 25, Chamroeun told citizens not to worry, saying that no development would affect citizens.
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