The Prime Minister requested the Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) to mobilize resources to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway.
On June 23, the Government Office conveyed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's opinions on the implementation of important national and key transport projects and works. The State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises was assigned to direct the Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) to mobilize resources to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway.
Previously, in October 2022, VEC proposed to allocate VND14,700 billion to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway to 8-10 lanes. VEC proposed that the Ministry of Transport allocate investment to expand the section from the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 2 intersection to the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway intersection, 21.9 km long. Of which, from the Ring Road 2 intersection to the Ring Road 3 intersection, it will be expanded to 8 lanes; from the Ring Road 3 intersection to the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway intersection, it will be expanded to 10 lanes.
The total preliminary investment is 14,780 billion VND (excluding interest during construction), of which construction costs are nearly 10,800 billion VND, site clearance is nearly 800 billion VND, project management, consulting and other costs are more than 1,000 billion VND, and contingency is more than 2,100 billion VND. Implementation period is from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2026.
Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway was jammed on the morning of April 29, 2023. Photo: Phuoc Tuan
Seven years ago, the 55km Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway was put into use with an investment capital of more than VND20,600 billion. The route helps connect traffic and economy between Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast and Central Highlands regions. Traffic volume has continuously increased, averaging about 10% per year. Currently, the 4-lane expressway is overloaded.
The Prime Minister agreed to add the Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai expressway project to the list of important national projects, and urged localities to speed up the progress of other expressway projects.
Specifically, Thai Binh province accelerated the appraisal and approval of the investment policy for the Nam Dinh - Thai Binh expressway. Binh Phuoc province completed the pre-feasibility study for the Gia Nghia - Chon Thanh expressway. Lang Son province accelerated the appraisal and approval of the feasibility study report for the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang project, to be completed in June. Cao Bang province soon completed the appraisal and approval of the feasibility study for the Dong Dang - Tra Linh project.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and provinces and cities to support contractors in completing procedures with localities to exploit construction material mines and construct the North-South Expressway in the 2021-2025 period; and to provide guidance on compensation and support for affected land and constructions outside the scope of site clearance.
Regarding the Ring Road 4 project in the Capital Region, which was just started last weekend, the Prime Minister criticized the two provinces of Bac Ninh and Hung Yen for being slow in establishing technical designs and estimates for component projects. Therefore, the two provinces need to urgently complete the establishment, appraisal and approval of technical designs for two component projects, including: Compensation, support, resettlement and construction of parallel roads (urban roads) in each province.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment needs to soon approve the environmental impact assessment report of the site clearance component projects of the Ring Road 4 project in the Capital region.
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