Siem Reap: Mr. Chhay Rithsen, Minister of Rural Development, together with the leadership and technical officials of the Ministry and the Rural Development Departments of Siem Reap and Oddar Meanchey Province, on the afternoon of August 6, 2026, visited the site of a steel bridge that collapsed to the bottom of a stream on the border of Siem Reap and Oddar Meanchey Province.
This steel belt bridge, 30 meters long and 4 meters wide, collapsed to the bottom of the O Trach River on August 4, 2026, due to a heavy-duty truck carrying potatoes that exceeded the weight limit. The bridge is located on road number 622 T2, an important strategic road connecting Varin Commune, Varin District, Siem Reap Province to Chongkal District, Oddar Meanchey Province.
Currently, the Siem Reap Province Rural Development Department has collaborated with local authorities to build a bypass to help ease traffic for residents in the area.
Through the actual inspection, the Minister instructed the Rural Road Infrastructure Development Department of the Ministry of Rural Development to study the technical feasibility of quickly repairing the steel belt bridge to meet the daily needs of local authorities and residents in the two provinces.
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