Officially collect tolls on the North-South Expressway, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, from January 5, 2025
According to information from the project contractor, Phuc Thanh Hung Investment Joint Stock Company, starting from 0:00 on January 5, 2025, the Dien Chau (Nghe An) - Bai Vot (Ha Tinh) Expressway Component Project will officially collect BOT fees.
Specifically, according to Phuc Thanh Hung Investment Joint Stock Company, on December 27, 2024, the State Inspection Council organized the final acceptance of the construction project to review and approve the toll collection operation plan.
The State Acceptance Council has worked and unanimously approved the investor's conditional acceptance results for the project, allowing the Dien Chau-Bai Vot project to officially collect tolls to recover investment capital from 0:00 on January 5, 2025.
This component project has 4 toll stations, of which 3 are located in Nghe An: the intersection with National Highway 7C (Road N5), in Nghi Phuong commune, Nghi Loc district; the intersection with National Highway 46B, in Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen district and one station located at the intersection with National Highway 8A, in Thanh Binh Thinh commune, Duc Tho district (Ha Tinh).
A representative of Hoa Hiep Company Limited - a participating enterprise in the project added: Compared to other component projects, the North - South Expressway, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section was completed later but was invested in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), so it was put into operation to collect tolls earlier to help the project enterprise recover capital. Other expressway packages fully invested by the state budget will operate to collect tolls later.
The toll collection period for the Dien Chau-Bai Vot expressway project according to the BOT contract signed with the Ministry of Transport is 16 years and 6 months.
Compared to some other expressway sections, Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway is invested in ETC non-stop toll collection, without barriers; managed and operated by a smart traffic ecosystem. Vehicles entering the expressway must use the electronic non-stop toll collection service. In case of intentional violation, service will be refused and the authorities will handle it according to the law.
The North-South Expressway, Dien Chau-Bai Vot section has a total investment of over VND 11,157 billion, of which the state budget invests nearly VND 6,000 billion and the rest is invested by enterprises participating in the project. The Dien Chau-Bai Vot Expressway is over 50km long; construction started in May 2021 and by April 30, 2024, the section from Km 430+000 - Km 458 +796 of National Highway 46 B intersection will be put into operation. The remaining section from National Highway 46 B intersection, Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen to the end of the route at National Highway 8A intersection will be put into operation from July 1, 2024.
