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Local bridge construction, road maintenance project under review

The Ministry of Transport and the World Bank evaluated the Results-based Operation for Local Bridge Construction and Road Asset Management (LRAMP) project at a workshop on May 16.
Local bridge construction, road maintenance project under review ảnh 1Nguyen Van Huyen, General Director of Vietnam Road Administration, speaks at the workshop (Source: http://baophapluat.vn)

Quang Nam (VNA) – The Ministry ofTransport and the World Bank evaluated the Results-based Operation for LocalBridge Construction and Road Asset Management (LRAMP) project at aworkshop on May 16.

Representatives from 51 beneficiary cities andprovinces were present at the mid-term review workshop held in Hoi An city,central Quang Nam province.

Nguyen Van Huyen, General Director of VietnamRoad Administration, said LRAMP is an important transport project to supportlocal road maintenance and bridge construction in rural areas.

The project’s road component is implemented by14 localities with an investment of over 3.29 trillion VND (141.47 million USD)to upgrade 676 km of roads and regularly maintain over 61,100 km of roads. Severalprovinces such as Nam Dinh, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh are implementing theproject well. Only Quang Tri has yet to begin the work.

Meanwhile, the bridge component has aninvestment of nearly 5.8 trillion VND (249.4 million USD) to build 2,174bridges in remote areas of 50 cities and provinces.

According to Huyen, 1,037 bridges have beenbuilt and put into operation so far under the project. In 2019, 1,800 morebridges will be constructed and by 2020, all will be completed as scheduled.

Director of the project Tran Minh Phuong saidthe local bridge component has been one year ahead of schedule.

In Quang Nam, LRAMP has provided over 204billion VND (8.76 million USD) sourced from the official development assistance(ODA) and 16 billion VND (over 687,600 USD) from the counterpart capital oflocalities to upgrade 38 km of roads, maintain over 14,000 km of roads, andbuild 34 local bridges, mainly in rural and mountainous regions, according toVice Chairman of the Quang Nam People’s Committee Huynh Khanh Toan.-VNA
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