Cambodia construction contract commencing

Cambodia’s capital’s key connection construction contract is commencing. Work is now underway for the Phnom Penh ring road project. The new ring road will measure 53km long and funding for the US$273 million project is being provided jointly by the Cambodian Government and Chinese Government. Building the new ring road will take around 42 months and the new route should open to traffic in late 2021. The studies into the new route are being carried out by the Chinese specialist Guangzhou Wanan Construction S
January 18, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Cambodia’s capital’s key connection construction contract is commencing. Work is now underway for the Phnom Penh ring road project. The new ring road will measure 53km long and funding for the US$273 million project is being provided jointly by the Cambodian Government and 2719 Chinese Government. Building the new ring road will take around 42 months and the new route should open to traffic in late 2021. The studies into the new route are being carried out by the Chinese specialist Guangzhou Wanan Construction Supervision while the Chinese contractor 3562 Shanghai Construction Group is building the ring road.

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