{"asset":"news","key":"5000","locale":"en","id":"news:5000:en","entityId":"news:5000","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/5000","state":"ready","title":"Rural development minister reviews infrastructure and social land concessions in Preah Sihanouk","summary":"Chhay Rithisen visited veterans’ land-concession areas and two existing DBST roads on February 18, reviewing completed works and a proposed bridge study.","body":"On February 18, 2026, Rural Development Minister Chhay Rithisen, permanent vice-chair of the national social land-concession committee, led senior delegates and specialists to review infrastructure progress in social land-concession areas and important roads in Preah Sihanouk province.\nHe inspected the veterans’ social land-concession area in Village 1, Tumnob Rolok commune, Stung Hav district. Since 2023, the ministry had completed five gravel-mix roads, eight metres wide and 7.70 km in combined length, and 17 structures comprising bridges, box culverts and circular culverts.\nThe ministry was conducting technical studies for an additional concrete bridge 45 metres long and eight metres wide, together with other necessary structures.\nBeyond the concession area, the minister and delegation inspected two other important connecting roads:\nThe first, a double bituminous surface treatment (DBST) road, was 16 km long and six metres wide, built during 2016–2018. It linked Samdech Tep Vong Street at Ou Tracheak Chit village, Samrong commune, Prey Nob, with Rithy 2 village, Keo Phos commune, Stung Hav.\nThe second DBST road, 10.40 km long and seven metres wide, was built in 2007. It ran from Keo Phos roundabout in Rithy 1 village, Keo Phos commune, to National Road 4 at Ta Ney village and commune, Prey Nob.\nThe report portrayed the visits as government attention, through the Rural Development Ministry, to improving veterans’ livelihoods and faster, easier economic connections between rural and urban areas. By Pai Sokhim.","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"14936","languageVersionId":"10638","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.z2jJYwttYJNs6_m7dExuf2ImfnFV4MDEhggJ-nBWk5M"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"km","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"12","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2026-02-18T10:51:15Z"}