Hanoi (VNA) – Three major transportprojects will be put into operation from January 10-12, according to theMinistry of Transport.
The projects are the upgrade of runways of NoiBai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport inHCM City; the Hai Van 2 road tunnel belonging to the Deo Ca tunnel project; andLo Te-Rach Soi Highway.
On January 10, TanSon Nhat International Airport’s runway 25R will be put into use again on aftersix months of closure for upgrading, along with the inauguration of runway 1Bin Noi Bai International Airport.
The runway 25R upgrading project, started on June29 last year, has a total investment of more than 2 trillion VND (86 millionUSD). The upgrade is carried out in two phases, with the first lasting six months.
In the second phase, the project will upgrade fiveexisting taxiways and build new rapid exit taxiways, connectingtaxiways and parallel taxiways besides a drainage system, taxiway lights andaviation signboards.
Tan Son Nhat, Vietnam’s largest airport, has been overloaded for many years andthe resultant damage has been evident in visible cracks and deformation andsubsidence of the asphalt surfaces.
Earlier on January 1, runway 1B of Noi BaiInternational Airport in Hanoi was also put into operation after upgrading.
The two-phase project to repair the NoiBai runway kicked start on June 29 with an estimated cost of about 2.03trillion VND (over 88 million USD). The second phase is scheduled to becompleted by December 31, 2021.
Meanwhile, on January 11, the HaiVan Tunnel 2 – the longest road tunnel in Southeast Asia,connecting the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang city will be inaugurated.
Once open to traffic, the Hai Van Tunnel 2 will contribute to ensure traffic safety between Thua Thien-Hue province and Da Nang city (Photo: VietnamPlus)
The project of expanding Hai Van Road Tunnel was approvedby the Ministry of Transport in 2016. The first stage is to repair and upgradethe existing Hai Van Road Tunnel 1 and improve a section of National Highway No1 running through the Hai Van Pass.
The second stage is to broaden a tunnel, which wasused for the excavation, into a traffic tunnel – Hai Van Road Tunnel 2 – withfour lanes and an approaching road to the tunnel of the same scale. The entireroute is set to be put into operation by the end of 2020.
The Hai Van Road Tunnel 2, which is 6.2 km inlength, built through a mountain, is designed with two sections for vehicles;each section is 9.7 metres in width. The north approaching road to the tunnelis about 1.7 km long and the southern approaching road is 4 km.
Construction of the project concluded inSeptember 2020, three months earlier compared to the plan. It expected to helpin reducing traffic pressure for the current Hai Van Road Tunnel 1. It willalso shorten travelling time for vehicles and improve the efficiency oftransporting goods and passengers.
On January 12, a ceremony will be held in ChauThanh district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to open the LoTe-Rach Soi highway to traffic.
Lo Te – Rach Soi Highway running from Can Tho to Kien Giang. (Photo: VNA)
The Lo Te – Rach Soi Expressway runs southwestfrom the Lo Te T-junction in Thot Not district, Can Tho city to Rach Soi communein Rach Gia township, Kien Giang province.
The 51km expressway with four lanes will connect with the Vam CongBridge, a major link in the Mekong Delta region, and will be a part of thewestern part of the North-South Expressway that will run from Binh Phuoc provincevia HCM City to Ca Mau province.
Construction of the over 6.3 trillion VND (270.5 million USD) CanTho expressway started in 2016, with the majority coming as loan from theRepublic of Korea.
It is expected to shorten travel time from CanTho to Kien Giang to 50 minutes from 1 hour and 30 minutes./.
