Japan gives Cambodia US$131m for Mekong bridge

REUTERS , PHNOM PENH
Thursday, Jun 24, 2010, Page 4

Japan signed an agreement yesterday to provide a US$131 million grant to Cambodia to build what will be the longest bridge across the Mekong River and a major link in a regional transport network.

Construction of the bridge over the Mekong, at the town of Neak Leoung, southeast of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is expected to begin soon and should be completed by 2015.

“It’s to contribute to the transfer of people and goods for Cambodia and all the Mekong region,” Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masafumi Kuroki told reporters at the signing ceremony.

Cambodia is still rebuilding its infrastructure with the help of foreign aid donors, after decades of war and turmoil that ended in the 1990s.

Travelers now have to use a ferry to cross the river at Neak Leoung, a major bottleneck on the main road between Phnom Penh and Vietnam.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said the bridge would facilitate the transport of goods and people between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.

“This bridge is very important, not only for Cambodia, but also for all countries in the Mekong region,” the minister said.

Japan took the lead at an aid donors conference this month when Cambodia was promised a total of US$1.1 billion in aid for this year, more than the government had been expecting, to support a goal of 6 percent economic growth for the year.

Japan gives Cambodia US$131m for Mekong bridge

REUTERS , PHNOM PENH
Thursday, Jun 24, 2010, Page 4

Japan signed an agreement yesterday to provide a US$131 million grant to Cambodia to build what will be the longest bridge across the Mekong River and a major link in a regional transport network.

Construction of the bridge over the Mekong, at the town of Neak Leoung, southeast of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is expected to begin soon and should be completed by 2015.

“It’s to contribute to the transfer of people and goods for Cambodia and all the Mekong region,” Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masafumi Kuroki told reporters at the signing ceremony.

Cambodia is still rebuilding its infrastructure with the help of foreign aid donors, after decades of war and turmoil that ended in the 1990s.

Travelers now have to use a ferry to cross the river at Neak Leoung, a major bottleneck on the main road between Phnom Penh and Vietnam.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said the bridge would facilitate the transport of goods and people between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.

“This bridge is very important, not only for Cambodia, but also for all countries in the Mekong region,” the minister said.

Japan took the lead at an aid donors conference this month when Cambodia was promised a total of US$1.1 billion in aid for this year, more than the government had been expecting, to support a goal of 6 percent economic growth for the year.

This is good news indeed.

^^
Here is what it will look like:
http://js-kit.com/blob/XeVG2tu2xUuXjbo5rh_Qsk.jpg

It looks like Vietnam's Can Tho Bride.

^^
Here is what it will look like:
http://js-kit.com/blob/XeVG2tu2xUuXjbo5rh_Qsk.jpg


Not bad. So, we'll have the first cable-supported suspension bridge ever in the history of Cambodia.

Finally, Cambodia gets a cable bridge!

If this kind of cable bridge build to connect P-penh>>Arey Khsat is very good so that Arey Khsat not really look far from P-penh any more, somemore at night time this bridge's light can make our city look mor beautiful...! But it's just my dreaming.

It's a beautiful bridge :-).

Impressive !! :)

How long is it? and how many lanes?

^^
Here is what it will look like:
http://js-kit.com/blob/XeVG2tu2xUuXjbo5rh_Qsk.jpg

look like My Thuan bridge - our oldest cable bridge^^

It looks like Vietnam's Can Tho Bride.

Can Tho bridge is much more bigger, a "huge monters".

If this kind of cable bridge build to connect P-penh>>Arey Khsat is very good so that Arey Khsat not really look far from P-penh any more, somemore at night time this bridge's light can make our city look mor beautiful...! But it's just my dreaming.

my dream too, too bad 7NG didn't build the bridge:ohno:

my dream too, too bad 7NG didn't build the bridge:ohno:

Maybe the bridge that suppose to build by 7NG is not look modern bridge..! Or it's just the same with (Chroy Chang Wa bridge) so that PM Hun Sen did not approved.

For me, I think p-penh should has one bridge call as p-penh cable bridge so at night time p-penh look more beautiful.

Nowaday I think only Arey Khsat that suppose to have this kind of cable bridge because it's will become p-penh's distric in year 2015 according to city hall project.

It's 1.9km long.



I think it built by Japanese company, but i'm not sure.

I think it's built by Khmer, Oknah Ly YongPath, Cambodian senator.

Wow, that's one beautiful bridge. When will it be completed?

^^ above it says 2015

NEAK Loeung Bridge

I think we should create a thread for this project

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8688/mzu4ytrkow.gif

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2209/yzzjmdeyzd.gif

:look like My Thuan bridge - our oldest cable bridge^^



Can Tho bridge is much more bigger, a "huge monters".

:bash: Every cable bridges are the new. Cable bridge is the most modern.

Anyone know how long is it?

I don't know the exact length, but PM Hun Sen said it would be over 2km.

why in Phnom Penh? :ohno::ohno:

^^ I will change it to Neak Leoung. Sorry for my mistakes

NEAK Loeung Bridge

I think we should create a thread for this project

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I think so too. By the way, according to the drawing that you have (pretty nice), the bridge location is not at the ferry location, am I right? It looks like a bit further south of that. It bypasses the town of Neak Loeung.

If this is true, I think the Japanese have done a good job researching. This way, people living there still have their business. The people that run the ferry can be still in business, but serve foot passengers only who don't want to travel far south for just wanting to shop on the other side of the Mekong. The town will get bigger and attract more people to visit. Dinner on the boat cruising around and under the bridge will be awesome. Good idea indeed.

Maybe the bridge that suppose to build by 7NG is not look modern bridge..! Or it's just the same with (Chroy Chang Wa bridge) so that PM Hun Sen did not approved.

For me, I think p-penh should has one bridge call as p-penh cable bridge so at night time p-penh look more beautiful.

Nowaday I think only Arey Khsat that suppose to have this kind of cable bridge because it's will become p-penh's distric in year 2015 according to city hall project.

Even if PM would not support, I don't think it is possible because it would need more lands on the Phnom Penh along the river banks. These lands are more expensive and more useful if parks or commercial buildings are built. Plus, it would look very ugly to those areas.

But, I would say that they should two bridges of this kind connect Arey khsat over the upper Mekong (from Chrouy Chongwa) and the lower Mekong connecting national road #1 somewhere.

A new Chrouy Chongwa bridge is on the drawing board. It will run pararellel with the current bridge. It will be like the Moniwong Bridge with one-way traffic.

By the way, the Neak Loeun Bridge faced a major obstacle during the negotiation with the Japanese. The concern was with the potential forced evictions that would result from the bridge construction. The opposition MPs went so far as to say that the Japanese cancelled the plan as a result of the potential forced evictions.

PS: I am using Chrouy Chongwa purposely. To make the correct sound, it should be CHONG instead of CHANG as in CHROUY CHONGWA. also, WA and not VA.

វ= W NOT V

Okay, where is this bridge located? Is it connected with the two bridges that have the over passing bridge?(Moniwong Bridge) or somewhere else?

:banana::banana::banana:

http://www.everyday.com.kh/non_members/channels/news/khmer/2010/06/28l_19999_bridg.htm

type of the bridge: cable-stayed
total length: 2,215m
main span: ...m?
traffic area width: 13.5m
suspenton arche height: ...m?
total cost: $131
Construction start: September, 2010
sheduled will be completed: 2015

type of the bridge: cable-stayed
total length: 2,215m
main span: ...m?
traffic area width: 13.5m
suspenton arche height: ...m?
total cost: $131
Construction start: September, 2010
sheduled will be completed: 2015

5 years to complete it. Kidding hah?:nuts:

5 years to complete it. Kidding hah?:nuts:

Yes, Maybe:lol::lol::lol:

^^^^

5 years?? could even build two more with that much time

5 years to complete it. Kidding hah?:nuts:
I had the same reaction ! 5 years !
I thought it would take two years.

I had the same reaction ! 5 years !
I thought it would take two years.

The Japanese grants are over five years period. So, it makes sense. The Japanese has financial problems too. So, the money does not come easily for them. Anyway, it is better late than it never come.

A bit slow but better then construction become disaster like Can Tho bridge at (south VN) and if I'm not mistaken it was build by Japanese too. So maybe this time Japanese got enough experience about the lower land at Mekong river.

And hope everything will be ok with this construction.
5 years time for sure they build it on day shift! No night shift.

Thanks all Japanese!

A bit slow but better then construction become disaster like Can Tho bridge at (south VN) and if I'm not mistaken it was build by Japanese too. So maybe this time Japanese got enough experience about the lower land at Mekong river.

And hope everything will be ok with this construction.
5 years time for sure they build it on day shift! No night shift.

Thanks all Japanese!

Hope, it will not be happen for Neak Leoung Brigde.

But I know there's a bigger Brigde that is built in 3 years. More longer and more height. And there are no accident.
So, I wonder why it is more long.

Anyway, maybe it is a question of money. I imagine you could build a bridge fast if you are more money ;-)

Length = 2.21km
Width = 13m
Height = 37.5m
Lane = One lane each direction

Source: TVK

Impressive !! :)

How long is it? and how many lanes?

A CAMBODIAN delegation will travel to Japan in November to select a construction company to build the Neak Loeung Bridge, on which work is to begin early next year, according to a government official.

“Cambodian representatives are going to submit a tender to select a construction company in November, and we hope that we will start construction in early 2011,” Kim Borey, Ministry of Public Works and Transportation director general, said yesterday.

Neak Loeung Bridge in Kandal province is slated to be the longest and most expensive bridge in Cambodia on its completion, scheduled for 2015.

The Kingdom received US$131 million in Official Development Assistance grant aid from Japan on June 23 at a ceremony attended by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong and Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Kuroki Masafumi.

The ministry also signed a memorandum of understanding on August 18 with Chodai Company and Oriental Consultant Company to serve as technical advisers on the project, he said.

The bridge will span the Mekong River between Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese border, which is presently crossed via ferries.

source:Phnom Penh Post (http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010082441438/Business/kingdom-tenders-for-new-bridge.html)

Length = 2.21km
Width = 13m
Height = 37.5m
Lane = One lane each direction

Source: TVK

I saw in the picture there are two lane, one for the motor and one for car

The one for moto is called shoulder and not a lane. In the developed world, it is used for emergency access. In our world, it is for motos, pedestrians and bicycles.

Why government does not build 2 or 3 lens for each direction? Why the government always build somethings that see in the short future why they do not look foward future in the long term?

Why government does not build 2 or 3 lens for each direction? Why the government always build somethings that see in the short future why they do not look foward future in the long term?

I think partially it is because of money. Also, lack of vision is another problem that Cambodia officials have. Maybe they have bad advisors from other countries. Right now, Cambodia is a short term market place. Go in and go out fast, no need to think long term. I hope some Cambodians here don't get offended.

I agree with you.

It is a Japanese assistance. They did the study of traffic need and they determine that two lanes (one each direction is sufficient).

A new Chrouy Chongwa bridge is on the drawing board. It will run pararellel with the current bridge. It will be like the Moniwong Bridge with one-way traffic.

By the way, the Neak Loeun Bridge faced a major obstacle during the negotiation with the Japanese. The concern was with the potential forced evictions that would result from the bridge construction. The opposition MPs went so far as to say that the Japanese cancelled the plan as a result of the potential forced evictions.

PS: I am using Chrouy Chongwa purposely. To make the correct sound, it should be CHONG instead of CHANG as in CHROUY CHONGWA. also, WA and not VA.

វ= W NOT V

Can you please post the drawing of new chroy changvar bridge?

Japan gives Cambodia US$131m for Mekong bridge

REUTERS , PHNOM PENH
Thursday, Jun 24, 2010, Page 4

Japan signed an agreement yesterday to provide a US$131 million grant to Cambodia to build what will be the longest bridge across the Mekong River and a major link in a regional transport network.

Construction of the bridge over the Mekong, at the town of Neak Leoung, southeast of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is expected to begin soon and should be completed by 2015.

“It’s to contribute to the transfer of people and goods for Cambodia and all the Mekong region,” Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masafumi Kuroki told reporters at the signing ceremony.

Cambodia is still rebuilding its infrastructure with the help of foreign aid donors, after decades of war and turmoil that ended in the 1990s.

Travelers now have to use a ferry to cross the river at Neak Leoung, a major bottleneck on the main road between Phnom Penh and Vietnam.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said the bridge would facilitate the transport of goods and people between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.

“This bridge is very important, not only for Cambodia, but also for all countries in the Mekong region,” the minister said.

Japan took the lead at an aid donors conference this month when Cambodia was promised a total of US$1.1 billion in aid for this year, more than the government had been expecting, to support a goal of 6 percent economic growth for the year.

Dear,

This is a great news for Combodia. I'm looking for the name & contact points of this Japanese for the project. Pls, help me. :):)

Does anyone here know the above mentioned? Please helpppppppppp. Thank you all.

Mekong bridge to break ground

Photo by: Sovan Philong
Travellers cross the Mekong River by way of the Neak Leung ferry in April 2009. Officials say a new bridge will replace the ferry by 2015.Prime Minister Hun Sen announced today that construction of the long-awaited Neak Leung bridge will start next month.

The construction of the bridge is being funded by the Japanese government and is expected to cost US$131 million.

The two-kilometre bridge will span the Mekong River between Kandal and Prey Veng provinces along National Road 1, which connects Phnom Penh with the Vietnamese border.


“The Neak Leung bridge is the longest, biggest and most difficult to build,” Hun Sen said today, speaking at an inauguration ceremony for a new building at the Kampong Cham provincial hospital.


Japanese Ambassador Masafumi Kuroki will preside over the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the bridge on February 12, Hun Sen added.


While China has provided billions of dollars worth of loans and investment for infrastructure projects in recent years, Japan remains the Kingdom’s largest foreign aid donor, drawing praise from Hun Sen today.


“Japan is still the leading country in providing grant aid, equalling roughly US$130 million per year,” Hun Sen said.


Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said in June that construction of the bridge would be completed by February 2015.


Tokyo also provided funding for the construction of the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge across the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh in 1993, as well as for the Kizuna Bridge in Kampong Cham province in 1999.


Earlier this month, the government announced plans to study a proposed 3,500-metre bridge – the Kingdom’s longest – and a 58-kilometre road to connect the Kampong Chhnang provincial capital to Kampong Thom province.

The proposed bridge would span the Tonle Sap river, with the project costing an estimated $180 million.

Phnom Penh Post (http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011012046237/National-news/mekong-bridge-to-break-ground.html)

Mekong bridge to break ground

Photo by: Sovan Philong
Travellers cross the Mekong River by way of the Neak Leung ferry in April 2009. Officials say a new bridge will replace the ferry by 2015.Prime Minister Hun Sen announced today that construction of the long-awaited Neak Leung bridge will start next month.

The construction of the bridge is being funded by the Japanese government and is expected to cost US$131 million.

The two-kilometre bridge will span the Mekong River between Kandal and Prey Veng provinces along National Road 1, which connects Phnom Penh with the Vietnamese border.


“The Neak Leung bridge is the longest, biggest and most difficult to build,” Hun Sen said today, speaking at an inauguration ceremony for a new building at the Kampong Cham provincial hospital.


Japanese Ambassador Masafumi Kuroki will preside over the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the bridge on February 12, Hun Sen added.


While China has provided billions of dollars worth of loans and investment for infrastructure projects in recent years, Japan remains the Kingdom’s largest foreign aid donor, drawing praise from Hun Sen today.


“Japan is still the leading country in providing grant aid, equalling roughly US$130 million per year,” Hun Sen said.


Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said in June that construction of the bridge would be completed by February 2015.


Tokyo also provided funding for the construction of the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge across the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh in 1993, as well as for the Kizuna Bridge in Kampong Cham province in 1999.


Earlier this month, the government announced plans to study a proposed 3,500-metre bridge – the Kingdom’s longest – and a 58-kilometre road to connect the Kampong Chhnang provincial capital to Kampong Thom province.

The proposed bridge would span the Tonle Sap river, with the project costing an estimated $180 million.

Phnom Penh Post (http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011012046237/National-news/mekong-bridge-to-break-ground.html)

^^^ Dude if we can get more Investors from Japan it will be good for Cambodia! Japan is the best in technology! :cheers::cheers::cheers:

Only one lane going in each direction? :bash:

Only one lane going in each direction? :bash:

^^ They should at least make it two lane!

what??? It should have 4 lanes for car and 2 lanes for scooter?

Can Tho has only 2 pylons yes looks rather like the My Thuan

Dose any body know how far it has progressed yet I hear that there companies on site already or are gearing up to start.
Yes Can Thao was a disaster 51 dead I think but If there is enough checks done by engineers and engineers checking engineers accidents will not happen building bridges is a
Hazardous job .

Why no one update any progress for this thread? It is the best bridge project todate

^^ no progress so no update

lazy to wait this project happen lolzz. let it be. 2015 as they expected is long enough.

They already start the construction. I think they will complete on time.
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j431/haimylin/68fbd815.jpg

Photo by Piseth-Cam

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How can I fix this, It doesn't show the image !

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^^
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look like few workers, very slow progress.

Photo by Piseth-Cam

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How can I fix this, It doesn't show the image !

you have to use Direct link from Image shack, not just a link.

^^
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look like few workers, very slow progress.

This is just a foundation hole.. Maybe some holes more and more worker are working there..

Hopefully this project Japanese will not disappointed us.

any news on our most important highway bridge

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They should have built it to connect Phnom Penh and Arey Ksat instead so that the city looks better. This cable bridge would have become a landmark of Phnom Penh.

^^ i agree

100% agree, because Neak Loeung is far anyway its still can't become a city anytime soon.
And if this cable expend bridge spend moneys by our government.. sure I'm not support at all.

Well, it would be nice if that would happen. But, it would be more expensive. Roads and highways have to be built to connect Arey Ksat to Highway 1. I think Neak Loeung is the best place for this bridge. Highway 1 needs a bridge.

Hope, it will not be happen for Neak Leoung Brigde.

But I know there's a bigger Brigde that is built in 3 years. More longer and more height. And there are no accident.
So, I wonder why it is more long.

Anyway, maybe it is a question of money. I imagine you could build a bridge fast if you are more money ;-)

Mines and UXO's clearance is also one of the reasons that makes the construction period longer than in the other countries.

Leak Loeung was the last battle field between Lon Nol and Pol Pot armed forces, so far thousands of mines and unexploded bombs were detected.

Our target is to build this historical bridge with ZERO accident.

It is not the financial problem...

This was not current photo, it was took since December 2012
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NO NEWS ABOUT THIS BRIDGE.. any pic or news please!

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They said more than 50% completed

That's a good news. I hate to waste time on ferry.

^^ welcome to cambodia forum

@ok ! woulc you like to introduce yourself here

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1129471&page=8

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