Ring Road 3 is approaching its 75% completion milestone as of the end of May 2022. The Ring Road 3 cost $300 million and began in January 2019. The project is expected to be completed in September 2022, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
Ring Road 3 has an estimated 47 km of cement pavement and another 5 km of asphalt pavement. In terms of length, it totals 52 km with a width of 22 m. Ring Road 3 stretches from National Road 4 starting from Por Sen Chey, a highly populated district in the west of Phnom Penh, and goes through National Roads 2 and 3, connecting to National 1 in the eastern portion of the capital city’s autonomous port.
The construction of the Ring Road 3 has been a susceptible project to disruption given the COVID-19 pandemic, but government planners and its contractors have been on track for its target completion date.
This road is being constructed by Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd., with a technical inspection conducted by Guangzhou Wanan Construction Supervision Co., Ltd. The project’s $300 million price tag is footed through a loan from China.
Once operational, the Ring Road 3 will be part of Cambodia’s National Road system and contribute to the growth of Cambodia’s industrial, transportation and logistics infrastructure. AEON, a Japanese shopping mall giant, is set to build an estimated 30,000 sqm logistics center in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near the southern port of Sihanoukville. The Japanese conglomerate aims to launch operations in 2023, covering vital logistics services such as storage of imported goods, customs processing & clearance, and support for international online retail.
The government’s plans to expand and rehabilitate the National Road system will overall improve the movement of goods inside the ASEAN and create a new economic corridor within the Indochina region.
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