Ha Tinh proposes upgrading National Highway 1 through Vung Ang Economic Zone

National Highway 1 through the center of Ky Anh town, Ha Tinh province.

According to information from the Department of Construction of Ha Tinh, the Provincial People's Committee has just sent a document to the Ministry of Construction requesting investment in upgrading and renovating National Highway 1 (QL 1) through Vung Ang Economic Zone (EZ), Ky Anh town.

In recent years, with the attention of the National Assembly, the Government, ministries and central branches, a number of important traffic projects in the province have been invested in and built, contributing to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security of Ha Tinh in particular, the North Central region and the whole country in general.

Currently, Vung Ang Economic Zone and Ky Anh Town urban area are developing strongly with many large and key projects of the province being implemented, thereby increasing traffic on National Highway 1 through Ky Anh Town.

According to the Vietnam Road Network Planning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1454/QD-TTg dated September 1, 2021, National Highway 1 is planned as a grade 3, 4-lane road.

According to the Master Plan of Ky Anh Town to 2035 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 706/QD-TTg dated June 7, 2018, National Highway 1 through the center of Ky Anh Town (from Km 561+00 to Km 587+00 with a length of about 26 km) is planned with a 50m wide roadbed, 34m wide road surface, 4m median strip, and 2x6m sidewalk.



Some sections of National Highway 1 through the center of Ky Anh town are currently overloaded and degraded, and are often flooded during the rainy season.

The section of National Highway 1 through the center of Ky Anh town has been upgraded since 1998 (roadbed width 12-15m, road surface width 11-12m). Up to now, after a long period of operation, the road has been overloaded and degraded, some locations are often flooded during the rainy season.

On the other hand, this route is not synchronized with the National Highway 1 system from Ben Thuy Bridge South to Ky Anh town, which has been invested in a 4-lane plan, causing risks of accidents and traffic jams, affecting security and order, traffic safety and investment attraction activities, socio-economic development, and ensuring national defense and security in Vung Ang Economic Zone in particular and Ha Tinh province in general.

Although there is a bypass route to Ky Anh town (with a scale of grade 3 road, 2 lanes) and the North-South expressway in the East is being invested in construction, National Highway 1 through the center of Ky Anh town is both a North-South connecting route and a route serving both Vung Ang Economic Zone, urban area and Ky Anh town center, therefore, the investment in upgrading and renovating National Highway 1 through the center of Ky Anh town and Vung Ang Economic Zone is extremely urgent.

In order to synchronously connect the national highway system in the area, create favorable and safe travel conditions for people and vehicles participating in traffic, overcome traffic safety problems and complete infrastructure construction, contribute to attracting investment in Vung Ang Economic Zone, promote socio-economic development, ensure local defense and security, the Provincial People's Committee proposed the Ministry of Construction to consider and report to the Prime Minister to prioritize capital sources or include them in the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2026-2030 to implement the project to upgrade National Highway 1 through Ky Anh Town and Vung Ang Economic Zone with a length of 26 km, a scale of 4-lane secondary urban roads, with a total estimated investment of about 1,540 billion VND.

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/ha-tinh-kien-nghi-nang-cap-quoc-lo-1-qua-khu-kinh-te-vung-ang-post285036.html