Phnom Penh Post, Issue 16 / 26, December 28, 2007 - January 10, 2008
City hall is working to get all the roads in Phnom Penh paved by the end of 2008. The plan will split costs with residents and begin with the central districts.
Mann Chhoeun, deputy governor of Phnom Penh municipality, said that 7 Makara will be the first among seven districts in Phnom Penh to have all its roads paved.
After that will come the two central districts of Daun Penh and Chamkarmon, and then Tuol Kork.
The outer districts of Dangkor, Mean Chey and Russey Keo are also scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008.
"Some roads are also being expanded," Chhoeun said. "We are working smoothly with local residents and they are happy to join with us."
"Happy to join with us" means that the local residents are being asked to share the costs, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen, who announced the plan at a December 13 groundbreaking ceremony for the riverside flood protection and drainage improvement phase II.
Hun Sen ordered city hall authorities to get the roads paved in a 50-50 cost-splitting arrangement with residents.
"We welcome the participation from the residents to clean up our city environment," said Hun Sen.
Residents apparently do not have to pay for the streets surrounding schools. Those streets are "the responsibility of city hall," he said.
Some roads in Mean Chey and Tuol Kork districts remain dusty, crater-filled moonscapes that become flooded and peril-filled during the rainy season.
Chhoeun confirmed that those roads will be repaired in the near future.
One resident of Sangkat Boeng Tumpon said that residents are willing to pay to fix the roads because they are nearly impassable as is.
"Local authorities never care or solve residential matters," said a local resident who identified himself as Pheap. "We have problems with the poor drainage and flash flooding. We are ready to help, to repair the road and make a new drainage system, but they never come."
Kuoch Chamroeun, governor of Mean Chey district, said that 11 roads in the district are being worked on and authorities are looking for collaboration with local residents to fix 36 other roads.
However, he said some families could not afford to pay their share of the road building.
"We have some problems with contributions from some local residents," Chamroeun said. "The living standards of people are not equal."
Mann Chhoeun, deputy governor of Phnom Penh municipality, said that 7 Makara will be the first among seven districts in Phnom Penh to have all its roads paved.
After that will come the two central districts of Daun Penh and Chamkarmon, and then Tuol Kork.
The outer districts of Dangkor, Mean Chey and Russey Keo are also scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008.
"Some roads are also being expanded," Chhoeun said. "We are working smoothly with local residents and they are happy to join with us."
"Happy to join with us" means that the local residents are being asked to share the costs, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen, who announced the plan at a December 13 groundbreaking ceremony for the riverside flood protection and drainage improvement phase II.
Hun Sen ordered city hall authorities to get the roads paved in a 50-50 cost-splitting arrangement with residents.
"We welcome the participation from the residents to clean up our city environment," said Hun Sen.
Residents apparently do not have to pay for the streets surrounding schools. Those streets are "the responsibility of city hall," he said.
Some roads in Mean Chey and Tuol Kork districts remain dusty, crater-filled moonscapes that become flooded and peril-filled during the rainy season.
Chhoeun confirmed that those roads will be repaired in the near future.
One resident of Sangkat Boeng Tumpon said that residents are willing to pay to fix the roads because they are nearly impassable as is.
"Local authorities never care or solve residential matters," said a local resident who identified himself as Pheap. "We have problems with the poor drainage and flash flooding. We are ready to help, to repair the road and make a new drainage system, but they never come."
Kuoch Chamroeun, governor of Mean Chey district, said that 11 roads in the district are being worked on and authorities are looking for collaboration with local residents to fix 36 other roads.
However, he said some families could not afford to pay their share of the road building.
"We have some problems with contributions from some local residents," Chamroeun said. "The living standards of people are not equal."
8 comments:
The problem is these Khmer people are stupid.
They cannot build roads; they need other countries to build them for them.
Crazy Khmer.
To Anon 1:18 PM,
Ah, now I know why you keep calling Khmer people stupid, it's because there is no cure to your craziness. You need a Khmer Buddhist monk to hit you on the head with a coconut shell and pray it will cure you.
"50-50 cost-splitting arrangement with residents?" ahahhahahahhahhah!
I heard that AH HUN SEN said there are too many cars in Cambodia!
Here are some simple solutions! Why not let those people who have cars, mopeds, and trucks pay for the road through vehicle registration every year! It is the cars, mopeds, and trucks that used the road the most which create many damages to the road!
Hey! Some residents don't even own a car and they don't need to pay for the fucken roads and they need to put food on the table first!
Building the roads are the job of AH HUN SEN government and his so called city planner and if AH HUN SEN government and his city planner fail to see the benefit of having the fucken roads to promote economic welling being and to raise the standard of living for dirt poor Cambodian people and no roads will be built!
It takes corruption to get things done in Cambodia and this is AH HUN SEN government philosophy!
1:29 PM
Perhaps the treatment that that was received by those monks fit their crimes and behaviors.
No wonder Khmer people are take a few steps backward and blame each other for their failure. Also, the Khmer people use their failure for international sympathy.
All Khmer people are fucked heads.
They only fix the roads before election time. Meanwhile Cambodians must endure the potholes, the flat tires, the discomfort, the dust, the dirt, the flood, the traffic jams, the damage cause to your car, your eyes, your house. They are holding Cambodian people hostage so that they can gain more votes. You decide; is this the kind of government you want to have?
To 4:38PM Bonehead!
Hey fool! Khmer people are dealing with a Vietcong slave dictator former Khmer Rouge who not listen to reason and he love to use brute force to make his point!
I like to see you give a try to make our Vietcong slave former Khmer Rouge dictator Hun Sen come to reason with dirt poor Cambodian!
It seems that all these years Hun Sen the dictator still go his own way and you can't even do shit to make Hun Sen reason as a human being and for this reason and you are a fuck head too!
If any Cambodian people were handed $20,000 in cash with a small return to the government, you will certainly be blind like the rest. This is the nature of our root. Bribery is taught in Cambodia as soon as these students begin their schooling.
Hey, please look at deeper! 50:50 is fair enough as we don't pay tax for household. Don't underestimate people who live in these areas: Chamkamon, 7makara, Toulkok. Most of them are rich and millionair. The cost for 50% is below $500.
Car tax is not enough to do this job.
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