Da Nang - Quang Ngai Expressway is over 139.2km long and traverses Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai (Photo: VNA)Quang Nam (VNA) – The entire Da Nang – QuangNgai Expressway was open to traffic on September 2, helping to cut down thedistance among economic hubs of the central key economic region.
The road has total length of over 139.2km,including 131.5km of high-speed road and another 7.7km linking the expresswaywith National Highway 1A. It traverses Da Nang city, Quang Nam province andQuang Ngai province, which form part of the central key economic region ofVietnam.
It allows speed limits of up to 120km per hour,helping reduce travel time from Da Nang to Quang Ngai to one and a half hours,instead of the usual three hours when using National Road 1A.
The project, beginning in 2013, costs over 34.5trillion VND (1.64 billion USD), including 798.5 million USD loaned by theJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and over 590 million USD by theWorld Bank (WB). The rest was covered by the Vietnamese Government.
The first 65km-long section, linking Da Nang andTam Ky city of Quang Nam, was inaugurated in August 2017.
Da Nang – Quang Ngai Expressway is expected tocreate opportunities for central localities to make breakthroughs, attractinvestment, and promote the development of industrial parks and tourism alongthe country’s central coast.
It is also hoped to boost transport connectivityfrom the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia economic triangle through the East-West EconomicCorridor to seaports in the central region.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung thankedthe JICA and the WB for funding the project.
He asked the Ministry of Transport to direct the investor to urgently completesupport facilities along the route, and the investor, Vietnam ExpresswayCorporation, to abide by State regulations in management, exploitation andmaintenance of the expressway, ensuring traffic safety, environmental hygieneas well as safe, smooth and effective operation of the road.-VNA
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