No more leniency on vehicles involved in traffic violations

Traffic in Phnom Penh (Photo: The Jack Webster Foundation)

Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Kep Chuktema, the governor of Phnom Penh, issued an order to arrest all vehicles violating the traffic law, and not to provide a resolution to these arrested vehicles for a long period of time in order to teach their owners a lesson. During a meeting held at the city hall on 04 February, Kep Chuktema told officials involved to arrest and hold these vehicles for a long duration before providing a resolution, in order to teach a lesson to their owners, in particular those who drive in the wrong traffic direction, and those who cause various accidents, or those who hit the street center dividers. Kep Chuktema said that the new traffic law has been in effect for a long period of time and, by now, the population should be aware of it already. He said that, therefore, from now on, the city authority will no longer be lenient on these traffic violations anymore.

City installs new modern stop lights

Monday, December 03, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Phnom Penh city hall is preparing to replace stop lights at 6 locations by the end of 2007, the new modern stop lights are part of the beautification of the city streets and also to alleviate the traffic. The Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper quoted Nhem Saran, director of the public works department of the city of Phnom Penh, saying that the old stop lights were temporary stop lights that Kep Chuktema, the city governor, ordered to install in order to ease up the traffic jam. Now, Kep Chuktema has ordered the replacements of these old stop lights with new modern ones. No one knows where these new stop lights will be installed though.