Officially opened North-South expressway from Hanoi to Vinh city

On the afternoon of April 28, the Ministry of Transport coordinated with the People's Committees of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan provinces to organize the inauguration ceremony of the North-South Expressway Construction Project, Eastern section, Cam Lam - Vinh Hao, and put into operation the Dien Chau - Bai Vot Expressway Project (section from Dien Chau to National Highway 46B).

The inauguration ceremony was held online at two locations in Ninh Thuan and Nghe An. Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister, Head of the State Steering Committee for important national projects and works, key to the Transport sector attended at the Ninh Thuan province location.

Also attending were members of the Party Central Committee: Nguyen Chi Dung - Minister of Planning and Investment; Nguyen Van Thang - Minister of Transport; Dang Quoc Khanh - Minister of Natural Resources and Environment; Nguyen Dinh Khang - President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong - Deputy Minister of National Defense; Nguyen Duc Thanh - Secretary of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Hai Ninh - Secretary of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Hoai Anh - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Binh Thuan Provincial People's Council and leaders of ministries and branches.

At the Nghe An provincial bridge, there were the participation of comrade Tran Hong Ha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister and leaders of departments, ministries, branches and Ha Tinh province. Leaders of Nghe An province attending the event included comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of departments, branches and localities.

TWO MILESTONE PROJECTS IN "MOBILIZING PRIVATE CAPITAL IN TRANSPORT INVESTMENT"

The Dien Chau - Bai Vot section investment and construction component project has a total length of 49.3 km, passing through Nghe An province (44.4 km) and Ha Tinh province (4.9 km); the starting point is behind the intersection with National Highway 7 in Dien Chau district, Nghe An province and the bridge point is behind the intersection with National Highway 8A in Duc Tho district, Ha Tinh province, and was started on May 22, 2021.

This expressway is implemented under the form of a public-private partnership (PPP) contract; in which the investment phase has a scale of 4 lanes, a roadbed width of 17m with a maximum design speed of 90km/h with a total investment of nearly 11,158 billion VND (investor capital is more than 5,090 billion VND; state capital participating in the project is nearly 6,068 billion VND); the expected time for toll collection and operation is 16 years, 6 months and 8 days.

In the future, when the investment is complete, the Dien Chau - Bai Vot route will have 6 lanes with a width of 32.5m, a design speed of 100-120km/h, and the Than Vu tunnel alone will have a design speed of 80km/h.

Following the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, the investor and contractors have strictly implemented the spirit of "only working, not retreating"; "overcoming the sun and rain"; "eating and sleeping quickly"; "working in 3 shifts, 4 shifts"; "working through holidays and Tet" to implement the project on schedule, celebrating the 49th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2024).

Accordingly, the section of the Dien Chau - Bai Vot Component Project is about 30km long (from Dien Chau to National Highway 46B Intersection), passing through Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, and Hung Nguyen districts of Nghe An province.

The inaugurated section starts at Dien Cat commune, Dien Chau district, connecting with the end point of Nghi Son - Dien Chau Component Project; the exit point is at the National Highway 46B Intersection in Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province (with administrative boundaries adjacent to Vinh city). Over this 30km, there are 2 interconnecting intersections: N5 Intersection and National Highway 46B Intersection.

For the remaining 19.3km at the end of the Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, there are many sections with weak ground, complex geology, and long waiting time for subsidence, so the investor is striving to complete it according to the direction of the Prime Minister.

The Cam Lam - Vinh Hao Expressway is over 78km long, passing through 3 provinces: Khanh Hoa (5km), Ninh Thuan (63km) and Binh Thuan (12km). This is the last expressway section connecting the vital expressway from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang. The project is implemented under the form of a public-private partnership (PPP) contract. The route is designed according to expressway standards, with the investment phase having a scale of 4 lanes, a roadbed width of 17m and a design speed of 90km/h.

These are also two projects marking a turning point in "mobilizing private capital in transport investment" in accordance with the direction of the Party, Government, and Prime Minister under the public-private partnership method to reduce pressure on state budget expenditure in public investment.

STRIVING TO INAUGURATE THE DIEN CHAU - BAI VOT EXPRESSWAY PROJECT ON MAY 19, 2024

At the inauguration ceremony, leaders of Nghe An and Ninh Thuan provinces gave speeches assessing the importance and significance of putting the two projects into operation for the localities.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed: The North-South Expressway construction project is a national key project. Recognizing the importance of the project, Nghe An province has mobilized the entire political system, promptly established the Steering Committee for site clearance of the project, promptly directed localities and related departments and branches, closely coordinated with the Investor to make efforts and resolutely carry out site clearance work, meet the demand for construction materials, meet the requirements of the Government and the Ministry of Transport in the spirit of ensuring the progress of project implementation and creating consensus among people in the project-affected areas.

The Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province emphasized: The route coming into operation is of great importance to localities, including Nghe An province. First of all, it contributes to completing the expressway system through the province, forming a vital traffic route, a backbone connecting economic regions, economic corridors, key industrial zones, airports, and seaports.

At the same time, shorten the connection time between Nghe An province and the provinces of the Northern key economic region, especially with the capital Hanoi, shortening the travel time from 5 hours to more than 3 hours; reducing the load on National Highway 1, meeting the transportation and travel needs of people and businesses at high speed and safety, creating favorable conditions for the circulation of goods.

The Dien Chau - Bai Vot Expressway project from Dien Chau to National Highway 46B has been opened to traffic and put into operation, creating momentum, spreading power, promoting socio-economic development; opening up new development space and opportunities for tourism development, attracting investment and ensuring national defense and security; contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and targets of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and Party Congresses at all levels, term 2020 - 2025.

On behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung sincerely thanked the leaders of the National Assembly, the leaders of the Government, the ministries, branches, and central agencies for their affection, attention, leadership, direction, and valuable help to Nghe An province over the past time. Nghe An province hopes to continue to receive your attention and help in the coming time.

On this occasion, the head of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee would like to acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of investors, consultants, contractors and staff, engineers and workers who have made efforts to implement and complete the project ensuring quality and progress in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.

The North-South Expressway construction project, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, through Nghe An province, has 347 households to be relocated and resettled, with an area of ​​land acquisition of about 361 hectares. At the ceremony, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee expressed his gratitude for the consensus and support of the people in the area affected by the project.

To maximize the efficiency of exploiting the expressway and ensuring investment goals, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung said: In the coming time, Nghe An province will closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport to organize the completion of intersections connecting the expressway with the traffic network in the province, especially adding a route connecting the expressway with the N2 crossroad in the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone.

Strictly, systematically and effectively manage the use and exploitation of land funds at intersections and new development spaces associated with expressways; effectively protect traffic corridors, coordinate the management and effective exploitation of traffic routes in the area, ensuring security, order, safety and smoothness.

On this occasion, on behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung proposed that the Ministry of Transport report to the National Assembly and the Government to soon continue investing in the construction and completion of the project with a scale of 6 lanes according to the plan; invest in upgrading and expanding the road sections connecting to the expressway interchange to meet the increasing demand for transportation.

Direct investors, Project Management Board, consultants, and construction units to continue to promote the highest sense of responsibility, focus on completing the remaining items of the project, especially the service road system and the return road serving the construction, creating favorable conditions for travel, production, and daily life of people along both sides of the route.

“In the coming time, Nghe An province commits to supporting investors to complete the expressway project from National Highway 46B to Bai Vot to ensure the required progress,” emphasized the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee.

At Ninh Thuan bridge, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave a speech and announced the inauguration of two projects.

The Prime Minister highly appreciated and commended the determination and great efforts of the Ministry of Transport, project management boards, enterprises, contractors, and consulting units; the close coordination of central ministries, branches, and localities; the efforts and high responsibility of local Party committees and authorities; and especially thanked the people in the affected areas who were willing to give up their land, move their houses, and "livelihoods" to implement the projects.

In the coming time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the Ministry of Transport and related ministries and branches to continue implementing the remaining tasks, investing, completing synchronously the items, operating the projects safely and effectively, regularly inspecting, maintaining, and fully implementing the construction of accompanying utility works such as rest stops, fuel stations, etc.

The People's Committees of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces directed relevant agencies and units to continue taking care of the material and spiritual lives of the people, especially the families who gave up their land for the project, ensuring that people have better living conditions or the same as their old place of residence; making the most of the advantages of the expressway, planning and opening suitable intersections to create new development space, promoting socio-economic development.

Investors, contractors, consultants as well as ministries, branches and localities review, summarize and effectively apply experiences from this project and previous projects to improve efficiency and better implement subsequent works and projects.

The Ministry of Transport focuses on directing the completion of the remaining items of the Dien Chau - Bai Vot project, meeting the conditions for the inauguration on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 2024).

Immediately afterwards, at the two bridge points of Ninh Thuan and Nghe An, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and leaders of departments, ministries, branches and localities simultaneously cut the ribbon to inaugurate and officially open to traffic the two North-South expressway projects in the East.

Previously, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and the delegation visited and presented gifts to the investor and contractors at Than Vu tunnel.