Government plans $1.5BN Kandal airport, set to be among world’s biggest

[geovalin]

 

Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne

 

The Cambodian government has approved plans to build one of the world’s largest airports in Kandal province, though key actors have yet to work out the details and one economist noted yesterday that the current proposal may be short-sighted.

 

A document from the Council of Ministers, dated December 21, approves an investment proposal from Cambodia Airport Investment Co Ltd to build a $1.5 billion, 2,600-hectare airport in Kandal province’s Kandal Steung district, about 30 kilometres south of Phnom Penh.

 

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[my friend I]

Cambodia seems to be going thru the quickest  development transition of any country mainly financed by China. The roads here are full with trucks going to construction sites.

[Destiny1990]

Laughable Cambodia they take12 years to build  a flyover..

Edited January 15, 2018 by Destiny1990

[fvw53]

So this could be a repetition of Sri Lanka's Hambantota Airport ...also financed by China... but now with  a dozen passengers a day also the emptiest airport in the world...but who cares if the handsome commissions were paid..

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/india-and-china-are-fighting-for-control-in-sri-lanka-2017-12