Phnom Penh: The Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway is scheduled to start construction in 2023 and be completed by the end of 2026 or early 2027, with a total construction cost of approximately $ 1.638 million.
On November 10, 2022, HE Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, Representative of the Royal Government of Cambodia, signed a Framework Agreement for the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway Infrastructure Project. Mr. Chen Zhong, Deputy General Director of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd. (CCCG) with the participation of leaders from all relevant institutions and officials.
On that occasion, HE Senior Minister warmly welcomed the partnership with CCCG, which has successfully completed the construction of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway and officially inaugurated on the 9th. November 2022, recently presided over by the Prime Minister of Cambodia and China, as well as expressed his deep gratitude for the trust in the Royal Government of Cambodia and the future economic development of Cambodia by continuing to work closely. In the construction project of the second expressway connecting Phnom Penh to Bavet.
At the same time, Mr. Chen Zhong expressed his deep gratitude to the Royal Government of Cambodia through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and other relevant authorities for providing support for the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway project, which will be a driving force. Socio-economic development, in particular, has improved the connectivity between Cambodia and Vietnam by facilitating the movement of goods and cross-border trade.
The Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway is a completely new lane with a total length of 138 km from Phnom Penh at the third ring road through Kandal, Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces. Bavet, Cambodia-Vietnam border. The project, which includes the construction of a five-kilometer bridge across the Mekong River, is scheduled to open in 2023 and be completed by the end of 2026 or early 2027 at a total construction cost of approximately 1.638 million. USD.
Currently, the inter-ministerial working group of the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway Infrastructure Project, together with the construction company, is reviewing some of the remaining points in the concession agreement to reach a formal joint decision and is scheduled to sign on Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, pays an official visit to China in early 2023.
