Nghe An approves investment policy for another bridge across Lam River

On the morning of May 14, at the 14th session, the 18th Nghe An Provincial People's Council passed a Resolution on the investment policy for the Thanh Nam bridge project across Lam River, Con Cuong district.

Comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Hoang Viet Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council co-chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; delegates of the Provincial People's Council. Photo: Thanh Duy

This is a permanent reinforced concrete bridge with a width of 9 m. The length of the bridge is about 415 m. The total length of the road at both ends of the bridge is 1.78 km.

In which, the road at the bridgehead on the town side (intersection with National Highway 7), about 0.18 km long: Grade III mountain road (TCVN4054-2005), 9 m wide roadbed; 6 m wide road surface, reinforced 1.5 m shoulder on each side with the same structure as the road surface. Complete construction of drainage system along both sides of the road.

The road at the bridgehead on the Thanh Nam bank (intersection with DT.541), about 1.6 km long, is a grade IV mountainous road (TCVN4054-2005), the roadbed is 7.5 m wide; the road surface is 5.5 m wide, the shoulder on each side is reinforced 0.5 m with the same structure as the road surface.

The total investment of the project is 168 billion VND. Of which, the central budget from the reserve fund for the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2016 - 2020 is 15 billion VND and the provincial budget for the period 2021 - 2025 (including the targeted additional central budget capital for the locality, the local budget balance source according to the principles, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital for the period 2021 - 2025 for Con Cuong district) is 141 billion VND.

Delegates vote to approve the draft Resolution on investment policy for the Thanh Nam bridge project across Lam River, Con Cuong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, the district budget and other legal capital mobilization is 12 billion VND. The project implementation time and progress is not more than 4 years, expected to start from 2020.

Investing in the construction of Thanh Nam bridge across Lam river, Con Cuong district aims to create favorable and safe conditions for travel, exchange, socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security; facilitating local search and rescue work; connecting Con Cuong town with communes on the left bank of Lam river of Con Cuong district and Pu Mat national park, aiming to develop Con Cuong district into an economic and cultural center of the Southwest region of Nghe An.

A corner of Con Cuong town. Photo: Sach Nguyen

At the same time, Thanh Nam bridge contributes to the completion of the Project on socio-economic development of Western Nghe An until 2020 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 2355/QD-TTg dated December 4, 2013.