The Expressway of Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville testing the payment.
On July 16, 2022, the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway started an internal test run for the technical specifications of each toll booth, while the construction of this road will be completed in September. Mr. Heang Sotheayut, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport confirmed.
He claimed that there are five toll booths on the expressway to start from Phnom Penh, the third ring road up to the third kilometer on the expressway, and there are toll booths there. The second stand is 26 km east of Kampong Speu provincial town. The third stand is at the 76 km point of the Kirirom and Treng Trayeung areas. Stall 4 at km 114, Kampong Seila area down to Sre Ambel junction, and stand 5 at km 180 to connect National Road No. 4 East entrance to Kbal Chhay area.
The Passengers on this expressway are required to use an electronic card to scan through and pay according to the actual driving distance in kilometers and pay at any stop where drivers stop to continue on this lane area. At the same time, the expressway construction company also has a special electronic card for passengers who want to get the card regularly without having to pick it up while traveling from the counter agent, the electronic card is called ETC. Payment card ready and vehicle identification card which was already with the company.
Please be informed that the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway project has a length of 187.05 km, which started construction on March 22, 2019. This road was connected from Village 1, Sangkat Samrong Krom, Khan Por Sen Chey, Phnom Penh to Village 1, Sangkat 3, Sihanoukville, Preah Sihanouk Province.
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The road is being constructed by PPSHV Expressway Co., Ltd and a subsidiary of China Road Bridge Corporation (CRBC), and technically inspected by MIN CONSULT SDN. BHD. This road has been built for 48 months and will be spent nearly 2 billion US dollars. It will have 4 lanes, a total width of 24.5 meters, 7 intersections, and 3 areas for relaxation. There are 1 car park, 4 operation and maintenance centers, 40 main and medium bridges, and 5 small bridges, about 8 km across Phnom Penh and 4 provinces, including Kandal province, 9.1 km, Kampong Speu province 80.8 km, Koh Kong 1.92 km and Sihanoukville 89.89 km.
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Project is the first expressway project and the most important strategic corridor project in Cambodia, which will save the time of travel from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville Port from five hours to two hours Only and it also helps reduce the cost of logistics as well.
It should also be noted that the expressway is open for testing, while the payment is not accepted in cash.
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has been put into operation for the first time after having been constructed for many months.
This is according to the confirmation from Kampong Speu Provincial Police on July 16, 2022.
What the most interesting is that the technique of paying for this modern road trip is not paid in cash. In fact, according to the above source, passengers on the expressway must use ETC as an electronic card to scan and pay according to the driving distance. Company.
The source added that the construction of the expressway of the length of 185- kilometer road will be finished in the next two months, and passengers, and transportation, will be able to use this road.
