Pyin Oo Lwin bypass set for mid-year completion

Pyin Oo Lwin bypass set for mid-year completion

By Maung Zaw and Kyaw Ko Ko   |   Tuesday, 25 February 2014

A new road enabling trucks and other vehicles to bypass downtown Pyin Oo Lwin will open in June, local officials said last week.

The Pyin Oo Lwin bypass under construction ealier this month. (Maung Zaw/The Myanmar Times)

The project is being supported by the Mandalay Region government to improve road safety in the town, which is on the busy highway between Mandalay and Muse, on the Chinese border.

"After it opens we will not allow large cars to drive in the city. It is very dangerous to have such large vehicles in the downtown," an official from the Pyin Oo Lwin district General Administration Department said.

The 20.5-kilometre (12.75-mile) Union Road is 13.2 metres (44 feet) wide. It begins near Anisakhan airport and rejoins the highway near the Asia World tollgate.

Translation by Win Thaw Tar

Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2014/02/25/pyin-oo-lwin-bypass-set-for-mid-year-completion/