PHNOM PENH, Jan. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) On Tuesday (January 2), it was revealed that there are approximately 83,900 vehicles plying on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, Heng Sothiayuth, spokesman for the Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport, said on Tuesday (January 2). . During last year's New Year's holiday, there were 21,900 vehicles on Saturday (December 30), 28,900 vehicles on Sunday (December 31), and 33,100 vehicles on Monday (January 1).
Sothiayuth, who serves as the ministry's director of technology and public relations. In an interview with China's Xinhua News Agency, many vehicles traveled on the highway during the holidays. This proves that this highway has economic potential. Tourism and trade have also made Sihanoukville a popular tourist area.
Incidentally, the 187-kilometre Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, which is invested by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), has invested US$2 billion (about 69.2 billion baht), connecting Phnom Penh with the international deep-water port city of Sihanoukville. It officially opens to traffic in November 2022
PPSHV Expressway Cambodia Limited, operator of the expressway. It is estimated that approximately 5.2 million vehicles traveled on the highway in its first year of commercial operation.
Sothiayut said the highway plays an important role in increasing the efficiency of Cambodia's travel and logistics system. It is a strategic path to enhance trade exchanges with other countries. By helping save fuel and time. It is safer than traveling on regular roads. Both are the result of close cooperation between Cambodia and China under the Belt and Road Initiative.
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway runs in opposite directions, with two regular traffic lanes in each direction. With emergency traffic lanes paved with asphalt, vehicles can reach their destination on this highway in 2 hours, which is faster than traveling on National Highway 4, which takes 5 hours.
(Photo by PPSHV Expressway: Vehicles line up waiting to pass along the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 8, 2022)
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