Cambodia Highway 1551 Project Contracted by Chinese Enterprises Completed and Opened to Traffic
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- Cambodia Highway 1551 project was officially opened to traffic on October 1.
- The project is constructed by China Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., with a total length of approximately 198.5 kilometers, connecting the three provinces of Battambang, Bodhisattva and Koh Kong.
- It is a landmark project of the "Belt and Road" jointly built by China and Cambodia.
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Highway 1551 is a landmark project of the high-quality Belt and Road Initiative between China and Cambodia, aiming to upgrade the road network in western Cambodia.
China News Service, Phnom Penh, October 1 (Yang Qiang, Zhang Yanlin) The Cambodia Highway 1551 (NR10) project held a completion and opening ceremony on October 1, local time. More than 3,000 people attended the event, including Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manai, Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia Jiang Nan, and other representatives of the two governments and relevant institutions, as well as local people.
Cambodia Highway 1551 project is constructed by China Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. and supported by the Export-Import Bank of China with preferential loans. It is a national highway connecting Battambang Province, Pursat Province and Koh Kong Province in Cambodia. It has a total length of approximately 198.5 kilometers. The main construction content includes bridges, culverts, roadbeds, waterproofing and drainage projects.
Bridge No. 28 in the above-mentioned project has a total length of 530 meters and a height of 80 meters. It spans the Elesai River Valley in Cambodia. It is currently the "highest bridge" in Cambodia and the country's first cross-ridge viaduct.
According to reports, Highway 1551 is a landmark project of the high-quality Belt and Road Initiative between China and Cambodia. Once completed, it will significantly upgrade the road network in western Cambodia, significantly improve traffic conditions, facilitate people's travel, and have positive significance in promoting regional economic development and Cambodia's modernization process.
In his speech, Hun Manai thanked the Chinese government and people for their long-term support for the development of Cambodia in various fields. He said that Cambodia and China will further promote the docking of China's "Belt and Road" initiative and Cambodia's "Pentagonal Strategy", deepen mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, enrich the "Diamond Six-sided" cooperation structure, and promote the high-quality, high-level and high-standard construction of an all-weather Cambodia-China community with a shared future in the new era.
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