Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sought the timely completion of an expressway connecting northern Tuyen Quang and Phu Tho provinces while inspecting project progress on January 25.
Site clearance in the first phase of the 40.2-km expressway project must be done in February and the first phase of construction completed by December, he said.
In the first phase, from 2020 to 2023, the expressway will have four lanes, allowing vehicles to travel at a speed of 80 km/h. The road will be expanded in the second phase, to 2025.
Once completed, the link will help ease congestion on National Highway No. 2 and shorten the travel time between Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, and Phu Tho provinces and the northern key economic region and Hanoi, while enhancing the efficiency of the Noi Bai - Lao Cai Expressway.
The Prime Minister asked relevant ministries and sectors to adjust the investment policy for the project to ensure it has at least four completed lanes allowing vehicles to travel at 120 km/h.
He requested that the investors and contractors strengthen monitoring and supervision over project implementation to ensure workplace safety and environmental protection as well as progress and quality while avoiding any negative phenomena and corruption.
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