Phu Tho: In Yen Lap, a road valued at over 300 billion VND is being constructed.

DNHN - The construction unit is constructing the project to renovate and improve Provincial Road 313G, Tan Son district (section National Highway 32 to National Highway 70B, Yen Lap district) and the road connecting National Highway 70B to Provincial Road

Yen Lap District People's Committee invested a total of over 326 billion VND in the project, of which 261 billion VND came from the central budget and 65,250,000,000 VND came from local budgets and other legal capital sources.

The scope of the project encompasses three routes totalling 34,633 kilometres: Route 1 and the section from Km0 to Km2+900 on line 2 are designed according to mountainous grade V road standards. The remaining sections of routes 2 and 3 are designed to repair and upgrade the road surface, drainage system, and traffic safety system.

The current value of the project's progress is 151.068 billion VND/280.02 billion VND, which is equivalent to 53.9% of the contract. The road base is being built along 31.9/36.4 kilometres; specifically:

Route No. 1 (main route): Provincial Road 313G (section of National Highway 70B in Yen Lap district to National Highway 32 in Tan Son district), route length 8.9 km (6.8 km/8.9km constructed, surface carpet 2.1 km road, under construction of culverts across the road in Tan Son district);

Route No. 2: Road connecting National Highway 70B to the beginning of Provincial Road 313D, length 18.8 kilometres (newly constructed to level 17.8 kilometres of road base; 37 of 53 culverts constructed horizontally); Spread type II crushed stone aggregate 14.5 kilometres; Spread type I gravel aggregate 8.8 kilometres; 5.4 kilometres of asphalt concrete road surface.

Route 3: District Road 97 (connecting National Highway 70B to Thuong Long Lake, Thuong Long Commune) is 8.7 kilometres long and has a newly constructed road base of 6.73 kilometres and 8.74 kilometres; the road surface is paved with crushed stone types I and II for 3.5 kilometres.

This is one of the most important investment projects for renovating and modernising important interregional roads, thereby ensuring regional security and defence.

Mr Bui Xuan Tien - Director of the Construction Investment Project Management Board of Yen Lap district stated that once operational, the project will serve traffic in the two districts of Yen Lap and Tan Son; promote trade in goods, improve the lives of people in the region, contribute to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, promote socio-economic development, and promote effective exploitation of inter-regional transport projects, inter-province such as National Highway 1, National Highway 2, National Highway 3, National

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