New Cambodia-Thai Border Gate

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Terminal facilities, a road connecting to National Road 5 and a bridge linking Stung Bot in Cambodia with Ban Nong Ian in Thailand will begin construction next year. The entirety of the bridge, including Cambodia’s side, will be constructed by Thailand, according to Va Sim Soriya, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation.
 

An agreement on the construction of the bridge – from Stung Bot in Banteay Meanchey province to Ban Nong Ian in Sa Kaeo province – was inked on Friday in Thailand between Cambodia’s Transport Minister Sun Chanthol and his Thai counterpart Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, said Mr. Sim Soriya. He added that the terminal and administration facilities as well as a road from the border gate to National Road 5 would be built by Cambodia using a concessional loan from Thailand.
 

Declining to reveal details of the bridge, Mr. Soriya said the construction would finish within a year and it would become another international border gate. He added that the concessional loan for building facilities and road construction was $58 million, $30 million of which Thailand will provide in the first stage.
 

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The new crossing will be just 10 kilometres further south along the border from Poipet. It is being built to relieve the congestion caused by the Rong Kleua market which sees thousands of Cambodians crossing to buy goods every day.

 

It is an additional crossing.