Urging progress of North-South expressway project
The Ministry of Transport is urgently completing procedures to start construction of the two projects Cao Bo - Mai Son and Cam Lo - La Son this year.
On February 28, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the North-South Eastern Expressway project in the 2017-2020 period.
This is a project approved by the National Assembly at the end of 2017, including 11 component projects.The Ministry of Transport then called for investment in 8 projects to start construction earlier than the remaining 3 projects, in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), BOT contract type.
Projects calling for investment include Mai Son - National Highway 45, National Highway 45 - Nghi Son, Nghi Son - Dien Chau, Dien Chau - Bai Vot, Nha Trang - Cam Lam, Cam Lam - Vinh Hao, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet and Phan Thiet - Dong Nai.
The Minister of Transport also emphasized that in the coming time, if any project management board still allows delays, the Ministry's leaders will consider and handle the responsibility of the head according to regulations.
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The average investment for a 4-6 lane highway is 215 billion VND/km. Photo:Giang Huy |
The total investment for the above 8 projects is expected to be about VND104,070 billion, of which VND40,360 billion is for land clearance and resettlement. Regarding progress, the National Assembly assigned the Government to prepare investment to implement the project from 2017 and basically complete it in 2021.
