Tomorrow (January 21), bidding will be opened to select a contractor to expand Cao Bo Expressway.

The bidding process and contractor selection for the North-South Expressway expansion project, Cao Bo - Mai Son section, will be carried out from tomorrow (January 21).

Informing Giao thong Newspaper, a representative of Ninh Binh Department of Transport said that tomorrow (January 21), this unit will begin to open bids and select contractors for the construction and installation of the investment project to expand the North-South expressway, Cao Bo - Mai Son section.

Cao Bo - Mai Son Expressway.

"We are striving to complete the procedures to start the project in the first quarter of 2025," he said.

Previously, on January 3, 2025, Ninh Binh Department of Transport issued bidding documents for the project.

According to the investment plan approved by the Ministry of Transport, the Cao Bo - Mai Son expressway expansion project has a total length of more than 15km. The starting point connects to the Cau Gie - Ninh Binh expressway in Yen Bang commune, Y Yen district, Nam Dinh province.

The end point of the project connects with the North-South expressway project, Mai Son - National Highway 45 section, in Mai Son commune, Yen Mo district, Ninh Binh province.

The project is invested in the scale of a class 100-120 highway, with a design speed of 100-120km/h, expanding 2 lanes on the left side of the existing road, and the roadbed width is expanded to 15.25m (ensuring a completed scale of 6 lanes, roadbed width of 32.25m). The route direction is kept the same as the route direction of the invested and constructed phase.

There are a total of 7 bridges on the highway. Of these, 3 bridges (Nam Binh Bridge, Dong Thinh Bridge, Mai Son Bridge) have been invested in, ensuring a scale of 6 lanes, adding a rough layer on the bridge surface.

For 4 bridges: Cao Bo Bridge, Cam Bridge, Highway 10 overpass, Quan Vinh Bridge, additional bridge units will be built on the left side of the route to ensure a scale of 6 lanes.

In addition, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are also invested in accordance with current standards, technical regulations and regulations.

With the above plan, the total investment for the Cao Bo - Mai Son expressway expansion project is nearly 1,900 billion VND from the central budget.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/ngay-mai-21-1-mo-thau-chon-don-vi-thi-cong-mo-rong-cao-toc-cao-bo-mai-son-192250120155534891.htm