Proposal to invest in 68 km of Dinh Ba Expressway

Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh Expressway is one of the segments of Hong Ngu - Tra Vinh Expressway, one of three horizontal expressways in the Mekong Delta region.

Proposal to invest in 68 km of Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh expressway worth 22,000 billion VND

Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh Expressway is one of the segments of Hong Ngu - Tra Vinh Expressway, one of three horizontal expressways in the Mekong Delta region.

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Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee has just sent an official dispatch to the Prime Minister regarding the proposal to invest in the construction of the Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh expressway project on the Hong Ngu - Tra Vinh expressway route.

Accordingly, the People's Committee of Dong Thap province proposed that the Prime Minister direct the Ministry of Planning and Investment to preside over the appraisal of capital sources and the ability to balance the central budget capital sources for the period 2026 - 2030 for the Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh Expressway Construction Investment Project and direct the Ministry of Transport to assign specialized agencies, affiliated units or localities to prepare a pre-feasibility study report to submit to the Prime Minister for approval of the investment policy as a basis for early implementation of the project.

It is known that the Hong Ngu - Tra Vinh expressway is one of three horizontal expressways in the Mekong Delta region, starting at Dinh Ba border gate, ending at Tra Vinh, with a total route length of 188 km (the Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh border gate section is about 68 km long).

Currently, Dong Thap and Tien Giang provinces are constructing the Cao Lanh – An Huu expressway with a length of 27.43 km; the remaining sections including Dinh Ba – Cao Lanh and An Huu – Tra Vinh have not been invested in.

Therefore, the study on investment in the construction of the Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh expressway will contribute to completing the transport network in the region, connecting vertical routes such as National Highway 1, the North - South Eastern Expressway (Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan - Can Tho - Ca Mau Expressway), the North - South Western Expressway (Chon Thanh - Duc Hoa - My An - Cao Lanh - Lo Te - Rach Soi Expressway) creating a spillover effect, promoting the socio-economic development of the region, meeting the transportation needs on the horizontal corridor, connecting Dinh Ba international border gate, Dong Thap province with coastal seaports, Dinh An economic zone, Tra Vinh province.

According to Mr. Pham Thien Nghia, Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee, in Decision No. 12/QD-TTg dated January 3, 2025 of the Prime Minister on approving the adjustment of the Road Network Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, the Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh Expressway has a length of about 68 km, a scale of 4 lanes, and an investment process before 2030.

If the investment rate is provisionally calculated according to Decision No. 816/QD-BXD dated August 22, 2024 of the Ministry of Construction, the Dinh Ba - Cao Lanh Expressway Construction Investment Project has a total estimated investment of about 22,000 billion VND. The expected capital source of the Project is the central budget, period 2026 - 2030; the implementation period is period 2025 - 2030.

According to the provisions of Point b, Clause 3, Article 18 of the Public Investment Law No. 58/2024/QH15, with an estimated total investment of about VND 22,000 billion in Group A, the Ministry and the Central agency managing the authority to decide on the investment policy of the Prime Minister.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/kien-nghi-dau-tu-68-km-cao-toc-dinh-ba---cao-lanh-tri-gia-22000-ty-dong-d244764.html