Construction work is being quickly implemented to meet the deadline.(Photo: VNA) Racing against time
Luong Van Long, the project's executive director (Thang Longproject management board), said that the Mai Son-National Highway 45 expresswayproject has a total length of 63.37km crossing the provinces of Ninh Binh andThanh Hoa.
So far, construction items such as road surfaces, tunnels, andoverpass bridges have been almost completed.
"The Thang Long project management board has requestedcontractors to maintain progress with three shifts and four teams and speed upthe construction of remaining items such as road junctions, interchanges, andtraffic safety warning systems," Long said. "By April 30,this expressway will be operational, and vehicles will travel from Hanoi toDong Xuan expressway interchange, then onto National Highway 47 and finallyNational Highway 1A."
Pham Quoc Huy, executive director of the Vinh Hao-Phan Thietexpressway project, said contractors are working on the final items such assignboards, guardrails and fences.
So far, the completion rate of bidding packages has reached over83% of the contract value, of which the main route has reached more than94%. The remaining major items include asphalt concrete pavement, road systems,horizontal roads, and traffic safety systems.
Asserting that the construction units are closely monitoring theprogress day by day to open the main route for traffic, Huy stated that time isrunning out, and the Project Management Board 7 urgently requires contractorsto concentrate all resources and ensure traffic opens on schedule on April 30.
Regarding the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay expressway, according to thereport of the Thang Long Project Management Board, the cumulative constructionoutput of the project has reached 91% of its value.
The output of Package 1-XL reached 90.25%, Package 2-XL reached90.19%, Package 3-XL reached 89.65%, and Package 4-XL reached 92.91%. Thecumulative disbursed amount for construction reached 83.7% of the contractvalue.
"The contractors are completing the remaining items such asrough asphalt concrete pavement, installation of median barriers, roadsidebarriers and traffic signs, road marking, local road crossings, temporary tollbooths, and striving to open the road as planned on April 30 as directed by theMinistry of Transport," the representative of the Thang Long ProjectManagement Board added.
Establish detailed progress
Recognising the large remaining workload to put these threeprojects into operation according to plan, the leaders of the Ministry ofTransport require contractors to mobilise maximum personnel, machinery andfinancial resources to ensure the plan for opening to traffic on April 30 andensure absolute traffic safety when the project is ready for operation.
With little time left for construction, the project managementboards must establish detailed progress according to the countdown chart.Contractors must make maximum efforts to complete the main route, especiallythe asphalt concrete pavement and traffic safety system.
Road markings, signs and traffic safety systems must becompleted before April 25 for inspection and operation. After that, the bridgeoverpasses and community bridge overpasses must be urgently constructed toensure the travel needs of the people.
It is particularly noted that the units must ensure the progressand closely monitor the work's quality. The leaders of the Ministry ofTransport directed the project management board and the construction units toensure that other vehicles do not enter the construction site, as it willaffect safety issues during construction.
Regarding the investment in rest stops along these three highways,the Ministry of Transport has decided on the locations for construction and hasissued instructions for bidding, creating a legal framework for investment inconstructing a network of rest stops on the North-South expressway.
On the Mai Son-National Highway 45 section, a rest stop willbe built in the province of Thanh Hoa; on the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet highway,two rest stops will be built in the province of Binh Thuan; on the Phan Thiet-DauGiay highway, a rest stop will also be built in the province of Binh Thuan.
These stops will include amenities such as fuel stations, restingareas, dining options and bathrooms.
"After determining the location of the stops, projectmanagement teams will use budget funds to clear the land and then organisebidding to select investors," said a representative of the Ministry ofTransport./.
VNA
