The first highway in Cambodia will commence its commission this year. The highway from Phnom Penh across to Sihanoukville province finally has been commissioned for traffic on October 1, 2022, as per the Ministry of Public Work and transportation in Cambodia. It has been spent almost three years period for the construction.
The construction project is under the framework of China’s “One Belt, One Road” which is the key project of high-quality and pragmatic cooperation between China and Cambodia. The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville highway will be open to traffic on October 1 this year with a first-month of admission free!
The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transportation recently revealed that the construction is 95% complete, with only 5% remaining to install traffic signs, plant flowers, and install cameras. The highway is expected to open to traffic on October 1 this year and will be open to allow free passage for a month. October 1 coincides with China’s National Day. The two good news echo each other and witness the profound and great friendship of the two countries (China and Cambodia).
Local people who often travel to and from Phnom Penh and other provinces are about to gallop on Cambodia’s first highway. Especially from Phnom Penh to Westport, the previous 5-hour drive has been shortened to 2 hours, and people no longer have to travel hard on roads with potholes like the surface of the earth.
In addition to the convenience of travel, the new road is undoubtedly the most concerned about the toll. Recently, the Cambodian Ministry of Transport announced the charging standard, and the first trial is free for one month, which can be said to benefit people!
The highway between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville is a standardized transportation road supporting toll collection system is also unprecedented in Cambodia.
According to reports, the entire highway has eight toll stations, three service areas and one parking area. After the free period, in the first year of operation. As mentioned above, the highway will be charged at least 80 cents and will calculate based on five types of vehicles. Among them, tourist passenger cars (small) will be $12 per trip of service charge, and large trucks will be $60 per trip of service charge.
Recently, the inspection team has received the first batch of traffic cards at the starting point toll station and drove in, completed the first payment at the terminal toll station and drove out, indicating that the Jingang Expressway has the official toll collection conditions. As per the source: (Cambodian Media/Cambodia Ministry of Public Transport), the highway adopts the ETC system and has complete electronic equipment. When the vehicle passes by, it can read and enter the system to complete the payment of expressway tolls. The system information processing service is efficient and fast.
In addition, the upper layer of AC-13 of the highway adopts the international advanced SBS modified asphalt technology, and the use of asphalt pavement will greatly improve the service life of the pavement and bring a new comfortable, stable, and high-speed driving experience. The two-way four-lane fully enclosed highway has a total width of 24.5 meters and a design speed of 100 kilometers per hour, which is unique in Cambodia.
After all, there are less than 3 months left! Let’s take a look at this first expressway in Cambodia, built with the aid of the Chinese government. The highway has a total length of 187.05 kilometers and passes through many provinces and cities such as Kandal Province, Kompong Spuer Province, Koh Kong Province, and Sihanoukville. After the opening to traffic, the original 5-hour drive from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville is shortened to less than 2 hours.
The road is lush on both sides, under the blue sky and white clouds, the scenery along the highway is infinite. Along the way, there are many large tracts of rice fields, and lively villages are scattered. Under the aerial photography lens of the Jingang Expressway, the beautiful scenery is unobstructed.
It is like a long dragon, winding from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, and all the way through lush forests and green mountains, showing the local natural scenery of Cambodia.
The Phnom Penh Sihanoukville highway is another new “first” created by China to help Cambodia. It is the first highway in Cambodia and is of great significance to the country and its people. We believe that the highway will support to build national transportation network in Cambodia to be further improved, which will be greatly acceleration on the transportation and logistics in various provinces and cities, and will also become an important economic hub from the Cambodian capital to the coastal province of Sihanoukville.
