After 1979, Cambodia has trying its best in order to build infrastructure under the budget of the government, donors, NGOs and generous people. Today, under the adoption of decentralization at local commune levels with the support of previous Seila Program (and now the National Committee for Support of Decentralization and Deconcentration Reform Program: NCDD), many small rural roads built in almost 1,621 communes. Roads which were built are now being repaired. However, the rural roads are not enough yet to serve the economic and social welfare demand of local residents. Thus, there is still needs to build more roads and enlarge the roads as demand increases and the economy grows from day to day, even less or more.
Building rural roads seem very popular in Cambodia and sometime the building is used to attract the support from the local people by political parties. A recent report on the reasons why the Cambodian People Party won the 1st April 2007 commune election are infrastructures construction at rural areas such as roads, water canals, etc. For whatever reason they build roads, but we see that rural roads built to serve the interest of villagers. Because we have rural roads, the commune councils who are going to take office after this Khmer New Year shall take the reparation and maintenance of rural roads as important, being in line with the government rectangular strategy.
