The Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Corporation (VIDIFI) has proposed that the Ministry of Construction expand the Hanoi–Hai Phong Expressway from its current six lanes to eight or ten lanes.
After a decade of operation, traffic volume on the 105-kilometre expressway has surged sharply, rising from around 18,000 vehicles per day in 2016 to nearly 65,000 vehicles per day at present—an increase of more than 3.6 times.
By the end of 2024, traffic volume was estimated to reach about 90 per cent of the expressway’s designed capacity, with an average annual growth rate of over 10 per cent. This growth has exceeded initial projections by roughly 10 years compared with the financial plan under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract.
VIDIFI forecasts that traffic volume will surpass the designed capacity by 2028.
According to the company, expanding the expressway is necessary to improve transport capacity, ease congestion, strengthen regional connectivity, and create momentum for sustainable socio-economic development.
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