In the province, there are many key traffic projects that are being and will be implemented such as: Coastal Road connecting the East-West Economic Corridor, Cam Lo-Lao Bao Expressway, National Highway 15D, Eastern Bypass Road of Dong Ha City... When put into operation, these traffic routes will contribute greatly to promoting socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security.
The construction unit is building Thach 1 Bridge, part of the coastal road project connecting the East-West Economic Corridor - Photo: TU LINH
The Coastal Road Project connecting the East-West Economic Corridor, Quang Tri Province - Phase 1 was approved for investment in Resolution No. 40/NQ-HDND dated May 12, 2021; the technical study report was approved in Decision No. 4282/QD-UBND dated December 17, 2021. The project has a total investment of VND 2,060 billion in phase 1, with implementation period from 2021 to 2026.
When completed, the project will connect seamlessly with the country's coastal road, creating links with seaports and economic zones, improving disaster prevention and rescue capacity. At the same time, it will create conditions for the formation of urban areas and coastal tourism services, connecting the Southeast Quang Tri Economic Zone with the East-West Economic Corridor.
Currently, 4 construction packages of the project are implementing the construction of the sections that have been handed over the land. Specifically, package VB-XL01 is constructing 2 bridges (Km7 + 254 and Km10 + 729); package VB-XL02 is constructing a 2km long roadbed; package VB-XL03 has completed construction of Trieu Trach bridge, the road section is waiting for the locality to hand over the land; package VB-XL04 is constructing Thach Han 1 bridge and Thach Han 2 bridge.
According to statistics, the number of households affected by the project is about 2,541 households. Currently, the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board is actively coordinating with Dong Ha City and the districts of Trieu Phong, Gio Linh, Vinh Linh to implement compensation, support and resettlement. Striving to hand over the entire site to the construction contractor in 2024.
National Highway 9 intersects with the Eastern Bypass Road of Dong Ha City through Gio Quang Commune, Gio Linh District - Photo: TT
The Cam Lo - Lao Bao Expressway Project was identified by the Prime Minister in the Vietnam Expressway Network Development Plan to 2020, with a vision to 2030 in Decision No. 326/QD-TTg, dated March 1, 2016; approved by the Prime Minister for investment under the public-private partnership (PPP) method, assigning the People's Committee of Quang Tri province as the competent authority.
The Provincial People's Committee has approved Son Hai Group Company Limited (Son Hai Group) as the investor to prepare the pre-feasibility study report. Son Hai Group Company Limited has completed the Pre-feasibility Study Report for the Cam Lo-Lao Bao Expressway Project under the PPP method with a length of 56km, a scale of 4 completed lanes, and a total investment (excluding interest during construction) of VND 13,726 billion.
The investment in the construction of the Cam Lo-Lao Bao Expressway opens up the possibility of connection and strongly promotes development for Quang Tri province; it is a strategic transport project for the East-West Economic Corridor to shift from a purely transport corridor to a real economic corridor, conveniently connecting Vietnam with countries in the region, connecting the two banks of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, shortening the distance of transporting goods compared to other corridors by over 200 km. In particular, it effectively supports rescue work when natural disasters, storms and floods occur and minimizes traffic accidents.
Overpass on National Highway 15D, section through Cam Lo - La Son Expressway - Photo: T. TUYEN
Currently, the Department of Transport is coordinating with relevant units to advise the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Prime Minister for consideration and arrangement of state capital from the central budget to participate in the project to complete the pre-feasibility study report and submit it to competent authorities for appraisal and approval.
For the National Highway 15D Project (section from National Highway 1 to the West branch of Ho Chi Minh Road), the Prime Minister has agreed in principle to assign the People's Committee of Quang Tri Province as the competent authority to call for investment under the PPP public-private partnership method. Currently, the People's Committee of the province has assigned the consortium of Hoanh Son Group Joint Stock Company, Phonesack Vietnam Co., Ltd., and Nam Tien Co., Ltd. to research and prepare a pre-feasibility study report for the project.
In particular, the joint venture investor has completed the proposal documents for the section from Cam Lo-La Son Expressway to Ho Chi Minh Road, with the scale of a grade III mountainous road, roadbed width of 9 m, road surface width of 7 m, design of 2 tunnels with a total length of 4.37 km; total investment of 6,778 billion VND.
For the National Highway 15D section from National Highway 1 to Cam Lo-La Son Expressway, the Provincial People's Committee has assigned the investor consortium to research, survey, and supplement the proposal documents to complete the overall project dossier for the construction of National Highway 15D from National Highway 1 to Ho Chi Minh Road. Currently, the investor consortium is implementing the project, expected to complete the dossier in March 2024.
When completed, this project will create an additional corridor parallel to the East-West Economic Corridor, aiming to enhance the trade of goods through La Lay International Border Gate; connect the North Central region and the Central Coast with the Southern Laos, Northeastern Thailand regions and form the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia development triangle; shorten the journey from La Lay International Border Gate to the seaport with an estimated length of about 92 km; support the transportation of coal from Laos to Vietnam each year of about 10 million tons; connect the Southeast Economic Zone of Quang Tri province.
The Eastern Bypass Project of Dong Ha City has a total length of 17.56 km. Of which, the section from Doc Mieu to National Highway 9 (in Gio Linh district) is 13.3 km long, with a total investment of 399.96 billion VND; the section from Nam Song Hieu bridge to Nguyen Hoang street (in Dong Ha city) is 4.26 km long, with a total investment of 230 billion VND. The route is designed as a level III plain road, with a 12 m wide roadbed and an 11 m wide asphalt concrete road surface.
Regarding the implementation progress, the section from Doc Mieu to National Highway 9 started construction on January 6, 2024, and is expected to complete the construction package by December 31, 2024. The construction unit is a consortium of Thanh An Joint Stock Company, Manh Linh Construction Company Limited, 873-CTGT Construction Joint Stock Company, and Truong Danh Joint Stock Company. The total capital allocated for the project by the end of 2024 is more than 247 billion VND, with cumulative disbursement reaching more than 129 billion VND.
Currently, contractors are carrying out excavation, treatment and filling of the roadbed from km10+300-km10+700 and from km11+131-km13+294. The section from the South of Song Hieu Bridge to the intersection of Nguyen Hoang Street is completing procedures to approve the design and construction drawings and estimates, and is evaluating the contractor selection plan.
This is an important traffic project in creating a bypass route through Dong Ha and Gio Linh urban areas, dividing traffic and limiting traffic through the city center, making an important contribution to ensuring traffic safety; gradually completing the province's traffic infrastructure system, promoting socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security.
Tran Tuyen
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