The Prime Minister directed the earliest investment in two-lane expressways.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the Minister of Transport to urgently report the results of research on investment plans and upgrades of expressways that have been invested in in phases, including specific solutions for the earliest investment in expressways with a scale of 2 lanes, expressways lacking emergency lanes, lacking rest stops, etc.

Thủ tướng chỉ đạo đầu tư sớm nhất đối với các tuyến đường bộ cao tốc quy mô 2 làn xe

Cam Lo - La Son expressway is invested in 2-lane phase, 98km long.

This is one of the contents of Official Dispatch No. 27/CD-TTg dated March 28, 2024 of the Prime Minister on urgently completing and promulgating National Technical Regulations on expressways and reporting the results of research on investment plans and upgrading invested expressways to reach the scale of complete expressways.

The Prime Minister sent a telegram to the Ministers of Transport, Science and Technology, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment; and the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, stating:

In recent times, the Government and the Prime Minister have issued many directives, especially Official Dispatch No. 794/CD-TTg dated September 12, 2023, on the development and promulgation of National Technical Regulations on expressways and research and implementation of investment to upgrade invested expressways to the scale of complete expressways. The Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other ministries, branches and localities have actively and made efforts to implement assigned tasks.

The early completion and promulgation of the National Technical Regulations on Expressways is very necessary and urgent. This is an important legal basis for planning, designing, managing investment in construction and operation, and exploiting new expressway projects, as well as early upgrading of invested expressways according to a phased scale (especially expressways with 2 lanes, expressways lacking emergency lanes, lacking auxiliary works, rest stops, inappropriate intersections, etc.).

To promptly overcome existing shortcomings and potential risks of traffic insecurity, traffic congestion, traffic accidents, and improve the capacity and efficiency of exploiting expressways, the Prime Minister requested:

1. On promulgating national technical regulations on expressways:

a) The Minister of Transport shall promptly complete and promulgate the National Technical Regulations on Expressways, paying attention to carefully reviewing and ensuring serious and full implementation of the Prime Minister's instructions on the development of National Technical Regulations on Expressways, such as: (1) Studying international experience and in accordance with the actual conditions of Vietnam; (2) Regulations on the number of lanes, cross-sections, median strips, emergency lanes, design speeds, rest stops, etc.; (3) Principles for arranging, designing, and organizing intersections, in accordance with the requirements of practical, scientific, and effective exploitation, and the width and design speed of intersections to match the speed of the highway.

Organize, manage and operate expressways to ensure convenience, safety, efficiency... in accordance with the requirements and conditions of socio-economic development of localities and regions, connect regions, maximize investment efficiency of expressways, create new development space, create momentum for socio-economic development of localities and regions. Complete before April 5, 2024.

b) The Ministries of Science and Technology, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment, according to their functions and tasks, proactively work with the Ministry of Transport in the process of implementing the tasks.

2. Regarding research, investment implementation, and immediate upgrading of expressways currently in operation and being invested in according to a phased scale to reach the scale of completed expressways.

a) Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities urgently send investment plans and upgrade plans for expressways that have been and are being invested in at a phased scale to the Ministry of Transport according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 16/CD-TTg dated February 21, 2024.

b) The Minister of Transport shall urgently report to the Prime Minister the results of research on investment plans and upgrading of expressways that have been invested in phases to reach the scale of complete expressways, in accordance with design standards, technical regulations, and transportation needs, including specific solutions for the earliest investment in expressways with a scale of 2 lanes, expressways lacking emergency lanes, lacking rest stops, etc.; The completion deadline is in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 16/CD-TTg dated February 21, 2024.

3. Assign Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to directly direct, the Government Office to monitor and urge the implementation of this Official Dispatch, promptly synthesize and report to the Prime Minister on arising issues.

The Prime Minister requests the Ministers of the Ministries of Transport, Science and Technology, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities and Heads of relevant agencies to urgently implement this Official Dispatch./.

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