Traffic woes vex Phnom Penh governor
Thu, 12 November 2015
Sen David
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| Vehicles sit in heavy traffic in the capital last year. Heng Chivoan |
Phnom
Penh’s municipal governor yesterday called on citizens to start obeying
traffic laws and using the city’s fledgling public-transportation
system as he addressed widespread discontent with traffic issues.
Speaking
to students at the Royal School of Administration, Pa Socheatvong
acknowledged the growing economic impact of the chronic rush-hour
congestion occurring each morning and evening.
“There
really are a lot of traffic jams in the city now . . . [costing an]
estimated $70 million per year in petrol and time to travel in the city
. . . not including traffic accidents or property damage,” he said.
The
governor pointed to more vehicles, the burgeoning population, people
not obeying traffic laws, road rage and needed repairs to city streets
as contributors to the problem.
“All
people in the city must start to obey traffic laws, [and] try to use
the public transportation,” he said, adding that more “sky bridges” and
expressways are planned to ease traffic flow.
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