Investing 3,011 billion VND to upgrade 65 km of La Son expressway

The North-South Expressway, Eastern section La Son - Hoa Lien (Ho Chi Minh Road, La Son - Hoa Lien section), about 65 km long, will be invested and upgraded to a complete 4-lane scale.

A section of La Son - Hoa Lien route.

The Ministry of Transport has just issued Document No. 3800/TTr – GTVT requesting the Prime Minister to consider and approve the Pre-Feasibility Study Report for the North-South Expressway Expansion Project, Eastern Section, La Son – Hoa Lien.

This is the second time in the past 3 months that the Ministry of Transport has submitted the Pre-Feasibility Study Report for the North-South Expressway Expansion Project, Eastern Section, La Son - Hoa Lien, to the competent authority. In the latest submission, the Ministry of Transport said that it had fully accepted the opinions of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in the Appraisal Results Report and comments from relevant ministries and branches.

According to the proposal, the North-South Expressway expansion project in the East, La Son - Hoa Lien section, has its starting point (La Son) at Km0, connecting with the end point of the Cam Lo - La Son Expressway, La Son town, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province; the end point (Hoa Lien) is at about Km66, Hoa Lien intersection (connecting with the Hoa Lien - Tuy Loan project under investment), Hoa Lien commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city.

The entire length of the Project is about 64.95km and will be built on a scale of 4 lanes, 22m wide roadbed, in accordance with the technical standards of the current route in operation, level 80.

The route of the Project will follow the La Son - Hoa Lien Expressway currently in operation. If necessary, it will be studied and locally adjusted to improve its operational capacity. This route is consistent with the Road Network Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, and the planning of Thua Thien Hue province and Da Nang city.

Currently, the basic roadbed of La Son - Hoa Lien expressway has been completed with a scale of 4 lanes and a roadbed width of 22m, so the Ministry of Transport proposed to carry out technical treatment to meet the technical requirements of the project and ensure safety in operation.

The intersections on the route remain the same as they are now because they were basically completed in the previous phase. Particularly at the Ta Lang - Gian Bi intersection (invested by the People's Committee of Da Nang City with local budget capital), investment in items to ensure synchronous and safe exploitation at the intersection.

The bridge and tunnel projects on the route will utilize and maintain the existing bridges and tunnels with a scale of 4 lanes; expand the remaining bridges to ensure a scale of 4 lanes, with the bridge width suitable to the roadbed width.

The preliminary total investment of the Project is about 3,011 billion VND, of which construction cost is about 2,518 billion VND; project management cost, investment consultancy, other costs are about 252 billion VND; site clearance cost is about 2 billion VND; contingency is about 239 billion VND.

The project is expected to be allocated from the central budget for the period 2021-2025, of which: from the medium-term public investment capital for the period 2021-2025, which has been allocated to carry out investment preparation work, VND 1,173 billion and the balance from the increased central budget revenue in 2022 announced in Official Dispatch No. 1303/TTg-KTTH dated December 6, 2023 of the Prime Minister is VND 3,009 billion.

The Ministry of Transport said that the North-South Expressway expansion project in the East, La Son - Hoa Lien section, will be prepared for investment in 2023 - 2024 and basically completed in 2025.

The Ho Chi Minh Road section La Son - Tuy Loan passes through Thua Thien Hue province and Da Nang city, and coincides with the North - South expressway in the East, which has been approved by the Prime Minister for detailed planning in Decision No. 140/QD-TTg dated January 21, 2010.

Implementing the planning, based on the need for resources and the investment policy approved by the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Transport has approved the investment in the Ho Chi Minh road project, La Son - Tuy Loan section, phase 1, in the form of BT contract, with a total investment of 11,485 billion VND, of which the La Son - Hoa Lien section has a scale of 2 lanes, roadbed width of 12m; the Hoa Lien Tuy - Loan section will be invested in the period 2021-2025, with a scale of 4 lanes.

During the implementation of the Ho Chi Minh Road section La Son - Hoa Lien, the Ministry of Transport reported and received approval from the Prime Minister to use the remaining capital of the Project to invest in a number of items with a scale of 4 lanes, 22m wide roadbed, including: roadbed, small bridges and Mui Trau tunnel. The project has been put into operation since April 2022, and is finalizing the project according to regulations.

According to the Ministry of Transport, the expansion of the section to a 4-lane highway will improve the operating capacity of the La Son - Hoa Lien expressway in particular, along with the Cam Lo - La Son and Da Nang - Quang Ngai expressways, forming a traffic axis connecting major economic centers in the region, contributing to improving competitiveness and creating momentum to promote industrial, urban, tourism and service development in the region.

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