Laos agrees for Cambodia to build the Dong Kralor road [-Why does Cambodia need to ask Laos what to do in Cambodia?]

Thursday, July 19 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

The Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported that Laos agreed for Cambodia to rebuild the road section linking Dong Kralor to Laos National Road 13 following a dispute that lasted more than one year. The agreement was signed the Cambodian minister of public works and transportation, and the Chinese and Lao ambassadors in Cambodia, at the ministry of public works on 18 July 2007. The Lao ambassador said that the signing ceremony ends all obstacles to the construction of the 6 kilometers road section. Sun Chanthol, the minister of public works, said the road section is part of the National Road No. 7 rebuilt by the Chinese Shanghai company, which is almost completed. The Chinese company will joint the road section to the Laos National Road 13, the $2.5 million cost of the construction was covered by a grant from the Chinese government. It will take at least another 6 months before this road section will be completed.

Cambodia launches construction of Prek Kdam Bridge over Tonle sap River [built by a Chinese company, with a Chinese loan]

June 11, 2007

The Cambodian government held ground breaking ceremony on Monday for the construction of the Prek Kdam Bridge over Tonle sap River, which is under preferential buyer's credit loan from China.

The bridge will become a transportation hub of Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said while addressing the ceremony, adding that it will help promote the economic development of this country.

According to the project information, the Prek Kdam Bridge is 975 meters in length and 13.5 meters in width, with a designed traffic speed of 60 km per hour.

The construction period of the 28.78 million U.S. dollars project will last 50 months, it said. The contractor of the project is Shanghai Construction (Group) General Company from China.

The China Eximbank signed an agreement with the Cambodian government on Jan. 22 to offer 207 million U.S. dollars of loans to develop Cambodian infrastructure construction, including the construction of the National Road No. 8, the National Road No. 76, the Prek Tamak Bridge over Mekong River and the Prek Kdam Bridge.

Source: Xinhua