Three additions to vital projects list

March 24, 2015 | 11:12

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Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has agreed to add three more projects to the list of key transport projects, given their significance for socio-economic development.

Construction site of the Tan Vu - Lach Huyen Highway in nothern Hai Phong City, one of three additions to the list of key transport projects. VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung

The three projects are: the Deo Ca Pass Tunnel (including sub-projects), the Tan Vu – Lach Huyen Highway and upgrading of the Cho Gao Canal.

Nguyen Hoang, Director of the Planning and Investment Department of the Transport Ministry, told Viet Nam News that the projects' inclusion in the list would require all agencies concerned to step up efforts to ensure that they are completed on time.

The four-lane Deo Ca Pass Tunnel on National Highway 1, connecting Phu Yen Province and Khanh Hoa Province, will have a total length of 13.4km.

The project combines several components including the Deo Ca tunnel itself (3.9km), the Co Ma tunnel (0.5km) and approach roads and bridges (totaling 9km).

The project is slated for completion in late 2016 or early 2017.

The tunnel will shorten the travel distance between either side of the Deo Ca Pass by half and the travel time by one-fourth, project documents say.

The project to build the 15.km Tan Vu-Lach Huyen Highway last February. It will run from Cat Hai Island to Hai Phong City through the Dinh Vu peninsula, and connect the Lach Huyen Port with the Ha Noi – Hai Phong Expressway as well as Highway 5.

The project to upgrade the Cho Gao Cannal by dredging and embanking will run for 28.68km, starting at the Vam Co River convergence and ending at the Tien River convergence.

The VND2.263 trillion (US$105 million) project aims to facilitate rising traffic on the two major rivers.

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