The Ministry of Transport has approved 12 North-South expressway projects in the 2021-2025 period

DNHN - The Ministry of Transport has just decided to approve the investment project of 12 component projects of the East North-South Expressway construction project in the 2021-2025 period.

The contractor constructs a section of the North-South expressway from 2017 to 2020. (Photo: Viet Hung/Vietnam+)
The contractor constructs a section of the North-South expressway from 2017 to 2020. (Photo: Viet Hung/Vietnam+).

According to the Ministry of Transport, right after the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 273/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the policy of changing the use purpose of forests, forest land and wet rice land from two or more crops, on July 13, 2022, the Ministry of Transport has approved the investment project of 12 component projects under the Eastern North-South Expressway Construction Project in the 2021-2025 period. This is a very important milestone, officially ended the project's investment preparation phase and moved to the project implementation phase.

According to the approved decision, 12 North-South expressway component projects will be invested with a total length of 723.7 km of the main route. The project includes sections: Ha Tinh - Quang Tri (260.9 km), Quang Ngai - Nha Trang (352.06 km) and Can Tho - Ca Mau (110.9 km). The preliminary total investment is more than 146,985 billion VND.

Currently, the project management board has handed over the documents to the provinces and put all the piles up so that the locality can decide on land recovery. Dossier of construction material mines and waste dumps have been agreed upon; a Steering Committee and a Site Clearance Council were also established.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Government for approval of the policy framework on compensation and resettlement support for 6 projects. 12 projects have been assessed for environmental impact; four projects have been approved for fire prevention and fighting plans for tunnel works.

According to the plan, 12 projects will have the technical design of construction and installation bidding packages and implementation of related works, starting before December 31. The localities are implementing compensation, support and resettlement, striving to hand over 70% of the selected bidding packages to start construction before November 20.

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