Official announcement of 8 North-South expressway BOT projects

The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has just announced a list of 8 expressway projects on the Eastern North-South Expressway (abbreviated as the North-South Expressway) for the 2017-2020 period to call for investment.

Accordingly, 8 projects are invested in the form of BOT with a total estimated investment of about 104,079 billion VND (State investment capital of 40,362 billion VND).

Of which, there are 4 projects connecting from Ninh Binh to Ha Tinh, including: Mai Son (Ninh Binh) - National Highway 45, National Highway 45 (Thanh Hoa) - Nghi Son (Thanh Hoa), Nghi Son (Thanh Hoa) - Dien Chau (Nghe An), Dien Chau (Nghe An) - Bai Vot (Ha Tinh).

The next 4 projects connecting Khanh Hoa to Dong Nai include: Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) - Cam Lam (Khanh Hoa), Cam Lam (Khanh Hoa) - Vinh Hao (Binh Thuan), Vinh Hao (Binh Thuan) - Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan) and Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan) - Dong Nai.

The projects are expected to be completed in 2021.

The project with the highest total estimated investment is Phan Thiet – Dau Giay (98km long) with 19,571 billion VND (State investment capital 5,551 billion VND). The project with the lowest total estimated investment is Nha Trang – Cam Lam (29km long) with 5,131 billion VND (State investment capital 2,532 billion VND).

The Ministry of Transport said that the above 8 projects are completing feasibility study reports and are expected to basically complete investment and construction work in 2021.

Previously, on November 22, with 83.1% of delegates present in favor, the National Assembly voted to pass a Resolution on the investment policy for the construction of a number of expressway sections on the eastern North-South route in the 2017-2020 period.

Accordingly, the North-South expressway in the East phase 2017-2020 will be selected as priority sections to be built first, with 654 km, total investment of nearly 120,000 billion VND, starting in 2019 and basically completed in 2021.

There are a total of 11 component projects being implemented in this phase. In addition to the 8 BOT projects above, there are 3 other projects invested entirely by the state budget including: Cao Bo (Nam Dinh) - Mai Son (Ninh Binh), Cam Lo (Quang Tri) - La Son (Thua Thien - Hue) section and My Thuan 2 bridge.

According to TPO