38 roads in Cambodia’s most popular tourist hub open to traffic

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated 38 roads with a total length of 108 km in the cultural town of Siem Reap, gateway to the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park. The thoroughfares, equipped with street lamps, traffic lights, and security cameras, totally cost 150 million U.S. dollars. The construction began in November 2020 and completed early this year.

 

Hun Sen said the roads, together with the Chinese-invested Siem Reap Angkor International Airport scheduled to be put into operation in late 2023, will give a big boost to the development of tourism in Siem Reap province during the post COVID-19 pandemic era.

 

“COVID-19 has disrupted us, but it cannot stop us from developing our nation,” he said in a speech live broadcast on the state-run National Television of Cambodia (TVK). “The fruit of peace has allowed us to develop the nation everywhere.” Meanwhile, Hun Sen named Siem Reap province as the rising star of the North thanks to the newly built infrastructure in the town and the new international airport.

 

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