Why Cao Lanh route?

Difficult construction conditions

Difficult construction conditions are the biggest obstacle that greatly affects the progress of this project.

The Cao Lanh - Lo Te route is behind schedule compared to the construction plan.

Mr. Pham Van Nghia, site engineer, Thi Son Production and Construction Company Limited, said that the contractor was assigned to build 6km of service roads.

“Currently, at the construction site, the company has arranged 15 workers to construct sewers and dig road molds. Since the project began, the company has implemented it immediately, but so far, the progress has only reached about 3%,” said Mr. Nghia.

“The contractor was assigned to construct the service roads on both sides of the main route. Meanwhile, each intersection is about 8km long. Therefore, vehicles, equipment and workers who want to go to the other side of the road have to go around, taking a lot of time to travel,” Mr. Nghia added.

Working conditions of contractors on the Cao Lanh - Lo Te route face many difficulties.

Regarding the package under the responsibility of Truong Thanh Investment - Construction - Trade Joint Stock Company, Mr. Truong Van Thang, a technical officer, said that the location implemented by the company is the intersection between Cao Lanh - Lo Te and Lo Te - Rach Soi routes, so the traffic pressure is very heavy.

“There are many vehicles passing by here, especially heavy trucks and passenger vans with many seats. Meanwhile, the specialized vehicles and machinery used for construction are also large, so operation is difficult.

In addition to objective factors, recent rainy weather conditions are also the reason why the project's construction progress is somewhat slower than planned," Mr. Thang added.

“At this time, the West is in the rainy season, which greatly affects construction work. For example, the company is organizing workers to build a sewer, but it has not been completed after more than 10 days.

Because when it rains while they are working, the workers have to pump out the water before continuing. Sometimes pumping out the water takes all day…”, Mr. Thang shared.

Wait for sand to come back to speed up

The package constructed by Truong Thanh Investment - Construction - Trade Joint Stock Company has a length of 2km. The contractor was assigned to build the access road on both sides of Vam Cong bridge.

In addition, the company also expanded the intersection on both sides, 250m on each side, and built 7 bridges. Currently, the company organized workers to carry out tasks such as piling, digging road molds, and demolishing old culverts to build new ones.

The contractor will increase 30% of machinery and equipment to the construction site to speed up construction when there is sand.

To be able to complete the assigned work, the contractor purchased 700m3 of sand to build service roads, and transported machinery and equipment to the necessary locations to organize the construction.

For the work to be done, the contractor needs 78,000m3 of sand. However, in addition to the amount of sand purchased, the company is still waiting for the required amount to be allocated to speed up construction.

“The company is arranging 15 workers and 8 pieces of machinery and equipment and organizing construction from 7am to 5pm on the same day.

The construction of the access road according to the design does not require additional loading. Therefore, when the sand arrives at the construction site, the company will increase the number of workers, equipment and working hours by 30% to speed up the project's progress," said Mr. Thang.

The contractor is making great efforts to make up for the progress of the Cao Lanh - Lo Te route.

Mr. Mai Khac Quyet, manager of Nghe An Construction Corporation (construction contractor) said that the package under the company's responsibility is divided into two categories.

Of which, the main route is 11km long, the contractor will carry out the new asphalt paving. As for the service road, the company will be in charge of construction from Km 26+00 – Km 40+500.

“On the right side of the main line, the contractor is constructing three sections, on the left side, the contractor is constructing two sections. The total demand for sand used for construction is 200,000m3, but up to now, the contractor has not received any sand at the construction site,” said Mr. Quyet.

Mr. Quyet added that the investor, My Thuan Project Management Board, had also been granted a sand mine by Dong Thap province to serve the construction of the Cao Lanh - Lo Te route. However, after the relevant units conducted drilling, this mine had no sand.

Therefore, the investor is also requesting Dong Thap province to provide a new sand mine. According to calculations by Nghe An Construction Corporation, when sand arrives at the construction site in November, the project construction will be very favorable.

“To ensure the construction, this week, the contractor also gathered graded stone to the construction site.

Regarding the asphalt pavement, it is expected that next October, the company will start the work to make up for the progress because the asphalt pavement on the main route accounts for 50% of the work output carried out by Nghe An Construction Corporation," Mr. Quyet informed.

The leader of My Thuan Project Management Board (investor) said that the Board has directed contractors to overcome difficulties, increase human resources and equipment to speed up construction of works that do not have to wait for sand filling such as bridge sections, cross-culverts and prepare to construct asphalt concrete pavement when the weather is favorable to compensate for the progress of the roadbed.

The Cao Lanh - Lo Te route starts at An Binh intersection, An Binh commune, Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap province (about Km 26+00 according to National Highway N2B) and ends at Lo Te - Rach Soi route, in Can Tho city (about Km 54+844 according to National Highway N2B).
The investment scale includes asphalt concrete paving the main road surface and building a system of service roads along the route, arranging a fence system and completing the traffic safety system in compliance with the National Technical Regulation on Road Signs QCVN 41:2019/BGTVT.
The project has a total length of about 28.8km, with a total investment of about 950 billion VND.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/vi-sao-tuyen-cao-lanh-lo-te-cham-tien-do-192240812134234873.htm