A traffic control system aimed at reducing gridlock in Yangon that was supposed to be in place on August 2 is still not close to being finished, Yangon Region lawmakers revealed yesterday. The companies tasked with the project, one from China, the other local, have installed traffic-detecting sensors on only 84 of the 154 selected traffic lights. […]
Yangon to develop river transport express system
July 29, 2016 by thiha
The Yangon Region government is planning to build a river express system for passengers – part of fundamental transport reforms that government officials hope will bring a new wave of industrial goods and commuters onto the country’s waterways. Myanmar is unique in Southeast Asia in boasting waterways – primarily the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers – […]
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