North-South Expressway section through Dien Chau crosses Than Vu mountain and has 2 bridges

The North-South Expressway project through Nghe An province has a length of about 87.84 km, belonging to two sub-projects: Nghi Son - Dien Chau section and Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, passing through Hoang Mai town and the districts of Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc and Hung Nguyen.

The total cost of site clearance according to the overall approval decision is 3,498.9 billion VND (Nghi Son - Dien Chau 1,787.55 billion VND; Dien Chau - Bai Vot 1,711.35 billion VND); According to the project approval decision, it is 2,191 billion VND (Nghi Son - Dien Chau: 1,033 billion VND; Dien Chau - Bai Vot: 1,088 billion VND).

Notably, the route through Dien Chau passes through Xuan Duong Lake and Than Vu Mountain. The Than Vu Road Tunnel in Dien Phu is 1,280 m long, passing through the mountain to connect Dien Phu Commune, Dien Chau District and Nghi Dong Commune, Nghi Loc District (both in Nghe An Province). The tunnel is also designed to be permanent, with a reinforced concrete shell.

In addition, there are also Than Vu 1 Bridge and Than Vu 2 Bridge, going through the canyon.

Than Vu Mountain is a fairly high mountain, located on the border of Dien Chau and Nghi Loc districts, Nghe An, with the Iron Canal flowing at the foot of the mountain.

Location of Than Vu mountain tunnel in Dien Phu - Dien Chau. Photo: Tran Chau

The North-South Expressway is built as a class 100-120 expressway, with a design speed of 100-120 km/h, and the section passing through Than Vu mountain has a design speed of 80 km/h.

Dien Chau district is implementing 9 resettlement areas for 119 households to be relocated, of which 7 areas must build infrastructure including: Dien Doai 1, Dien Cat 2, Dien Dong 1, Dien Loi 1, Dien Phu 2; and 2 areas in Dien Doai are being implemented alternately.

Graphics of Dien Chau - Bai Vot route. Graphics: Lam Tung

The resettlement areas have been leveled, some are under urgent construction, and a few will be constructed after the summer-autumn rice harvest is completed.

It is known that Dien Loi area signed a contract with the construction contractor in August 2020. Expected handover time: November 15, 2020. Dien Phu 1 area signed a contract with the construction contractor in August 2020, is implementing the ground leveling work, expected handover time is November 15, 2020. The remaining areas are under implementation.

Dien Chau urgently builds resettlement area in Dien Phu. Photo: Dang Cuong

Currently, Dien Chau is assigning all teams under the district's site clearance committee to be in charge of following the scene and locality to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, and coordinate with relevant sectors and units to have the best progress in site clearance for the North-South expressway as directed by the province./.