Hoa Hiep Company Limited and partners will construct the North-South expressway section through Dien Chau.

On the morning of May 13, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Transport organized the signing of the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) contract for the North-South Expressway component project, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, under the PPP (public-private partnership) form with the winning investor being the consortium of Hoa Hiep Company Limited - CIENCO4 Group Joint Stock Company - Nui Hong Investment Company Limited - Truong Son Construction Corporation - VINA2 Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company.

The North-South Expressway project, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, is 49.3 km long, with a total investment of over VND 11,157 billion. It is the second of three North-South Expressway component projects implemented under the PPP model (Dien Chau - Bai Vot, Nha Trang - Cam Lam, Cam Lam - Vinh Hao). The project was widely bid domestically, in which Hoa Hiep Company Limited is the leading contractor of the consortium.

Graphic of the North-South Expressway through Dien Chau (with Than Vu mountain tunnel). Photo: TC

Dien Chau - Bai Vot Expressway49.3 km long, starting at Km430 (coinciding with the end point of the Nghi Son - Dien Chau component project of the North - South expressway), in Dien Cat commune, Dien Chau district, Nghe An province; ending at Km479+300, in Duc Thinh commune, Duc Tho district, Ha Tinh province.

The total investment capital according to the bidding results is 11,157.82 billion VND, of which the investor's capital is 5,090.08 billion VND; the State's participation in the project is 6,067.73 billion VND, including: State capital contribution (VGF) is 4,159.59 billion VND; State support capital to perform some tasks under the responsibility of competent State agencies is about 1,908.14 billion VND.

Signing ceremony of the North-South expressway project, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section, on the morning of May 13. Photo: VNA

The project is divided into phase 1 investment with a scale of 4 lanes, 17m wide roadbed (high embankment and deep excavation sections are 32.25m wide); the completed phase has 6 lanes, 32.25m wide roadbed.

The project is a class 100 - 120 highway, designed speed 100-120 km/h. The section through Than Vu mountain has a design speed of 80 km/h, the investment phase has a scale of 4 lanes, speed 80 km/h. The completed phase of the highway has a scale of 6 lanes, roadbed width 32.25m.

Nghe An Department of Transport said that up to now, the overall site clearance progress of the North-South expressway project through Nghe An has reached over 90%, with only a few households in Yen Thanh and Dien Chau having problems with residential land, meeting the conditions to start the project.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Pham Dinh Hanh, representative of the consortium, said that with the unit's capacity and experience, together with partners, it will focus on constructing a high-quality expressway, worthy of being an important route across the North - South, contributing to the socio-economic development of the country.

Highway. Illustration photo.

The Dien Chau - Bai Vot Sub-Project has a total initial investment of VND 13,338 billion, of which the State capital is about VND 8,077 billion, with a length of about 44.35 km passing through 3 districts (21 communes); the land area to be recovered is about 361.06 ha; the number of resettled households is about 347 households.

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