After 38 months of construction, the Ha Long-Hai Phong Expressway was open to traffic at a ceremony on September 1 which saw the attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of August Revolution and National Independence Day.
The Ha Long-Hai Phong Expressway is expected to create breakthroughs in socio-economic development of the economic triangle covering Hanoi, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh. The road linking Ha Long City with Bach Dang Bridge was invested by the Quang Ninh Department of Transport (total investment of over 6,416 billion VND from the provincial budget and other mobilized funds). Total length of this route is 19.8 km, 4 lanes highway. Bach Dang Bridge, BOT route and intersection with the total capital of more than 7.277 billion VND.
Addressing the ceremony, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed that infrastructure development is the Government’s important priority in order to ensure rapid and dynamic economic development in tandem with sustainability goals.
The project is expected to carry forward values of the Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway, while promoting regional connectivity, opening up more opportunities and spaces for economic development.
This is the first expressway nationwide the PM has assigned localities to implement, using the provincial budget and capital mobilised from the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The project has proven Vietnam’s ability in road and bridge construction as it was invested and designed by the country, using cutting-edge technologies./.
