From June 30, the entire Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway will open to traffic.
The entire 49km Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway will be put into operation from 7am on June 30 with a maximum speed of 90km/h, helping to shorten the travel time from Hanoi to Nghe An to only about 3.5 hours. The information was announced by the Ministry of Transport.
Complete the last 19 km on the route
According to the Ministry of Transport, at exactly 7:00 a.m. on June 30, the Dien Chau - Bai Vot section investment project under the Project to build a number of expressway sections on the North - South Eastern route in the 2017 - 2020 period will put into operation the last 19km of the route (from the National Highway 46B intersection to the National Highway 8A intersection).
The completion of the last 19km helps the entire Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway section to be exploited synchronously over a total length of 49km, shortening the travel time from Hanoi to Nghe An to only about 3.5 hours instead of more than 5 hours as before.
The Dien Chau - Bai Vot component project is a PPP project with a total length of 49.3km. Scale and technical standards: The complete design phase is a highway, with a design speed of 100-120km/h (according to TCVN 5729 - 2012 standards), with the Than Vu tunnel having a design speed of 80km/h; the investment phase has a scale of 4 lanes, with a width of 17.0m.
Total investment of the whole project: 11,157.82 billion VND. Of which, investor capital is about: 5,090.08 billion VND; State capital participating in the project is about: 6,067.73 billion VND.
On traffic organization for Dien Chau - Bai Vot component project
The Ministry of Transport stipulates: Immediately after the inauguration and traffic opening ceremony ends, the authorities will organize traffic, guide and divert traffic to serve the travel needs of the people. Traffic participants need to pay attention, monitor and strictly comply with all instructions, directions and regulations of the authorities to ensure safe traffic and avoid traffic jams.
* The highway is only for cars. The following subjects are not allowed to participate in traffic on the highway: Pedestrians, rudimentary vehicles, motorbikes, motorcycles and tractors; specialized motorbikes with a design speed of less than 90 km/h are not allowed to enter the highway (except for people, vehicles and equipment serving the management and maintenance of the highway).
* People, vehicles and equipment serving the management and maintenance of highways with their own badges or symbols are allowed to travel on highways (no speed limit) but must not affect or obstruct traffic on the highway.
* Vehicles carrying toxic, flammable substances and explosives on the list of dangerous goods prescribed by the Government in Decree No. 42/2020/ND-CP dated April 8, 2020 are only allowed to circulate on highways with a permit from a competent authority.
* Drivers participating in traffic on highways must comply with regulations on road load and size limits, and safety rules according to current laws (do not allow vehicles to enter emergency parking areas and roadside areas; do not allow vehicles to exceed the maximum speed and below the minimum speed indicated on signs and painted on the road surface; drivers on highways must signal in advance when changing lanes and must ensure safety; in case of being forced to stop or park the vehicle urgently, the driver must move the vehicle to the emergency parking lane, place signs and notify the support hotline, ensure a safe distance between vehicles according to regulations...).
* Vehicles that fully meet the road traffic conditions and are allowed to travel on the highway are allowed to participate in traffic on the highway at a maximum speed of 90 km/h and a minimum speed of 60 km/h.
* Cross-section of 4 lanes for 2-way traffic, on the route there are emergency stopping locations (strips) with a distance of 4-5km/point on the same direction of traffic. Dimensions of each location: length 270m (including 170m of stopping section, access range on each side 50m), road width 2.5m, shoulder width 0.75m.
Putting into operation the Dien Chau - Bai Vot Component Project will shorten the travel time from Hanoi to Vinh City and connect with the inner provinces, creating favorable conditions for socio-economic development for localities; reducing traffic pressure on National Highway 1A, creating favorable conditions for traffic between Hanoi and Nghe An Province; stimulating tourism potential in the provinces through which the highway passes.
Previously, on April 28, the Ministry of Transport presided over and coordinated with Nghe An, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces to officially inaugurate the Cam Lam - Vinh Hao component project and put into operation the Dien Chau - Bai Vot component project (section from Dien Chau to National Highway 46B) under the Project to build a number of expressway sections on the North - South Eastern route in the 2017 - 2020 period.
