The contract, loaned by the World Bank (WB), was signed by the ProjectManagement Board 85 and representatives from the contractor, includingNippon Koei, Nippon Engineering Consultants, Chodai and Thai EngineeringConsultants.
With a total investment of nearly 28trillion VND (1.427 billion USD) partly loaned by the WB and the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency, the 131 km Da Nang – Quang Ngaiexpressway has a total width of 26 metres, six lanes, 126 bridges andone tunnel.
The construction is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2012 and finish in 2017.
Once completed, the work will help eas traffic on National Highway 1Aand link political and socio-economic centres in the central localitiesof Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai./.