HCM City (VNA) - Construction on a200km section of Dau Giay-Lien Khuong expressway will begin next year, withtotal investment of 65 trillion VND (2.8 billion USD) including site clearancecosts.
The expressway will ease traffic on NationalHighway No 20, which is overloaded with more than 15,000 vehicles per day. Itwill connect the southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City with DongNai and Lam Dong provinces.
The new expressway will have four lanes and adesigned speed of 100-120km per hour.
It is divided into three sections: Dau Giay- TanPhu, Tan Phu- Bao Loc and Bao Loc- Lien Khuong.
The first section will be invested in the formof Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) with total capital of 7 trillion VND (300million USD). The 66km section is expected to be completed in 2020.
The second section will have total length of 66kmwith an investment of 17 trillion VND (729 million USD). The third section willbe 73km long, with total investment 13 trillion VND (557 million USD). Completion of the entire project is expected by2030.
The Dau Giay- Lien Khuong expressway is part ofVietnam’s master plan for an expressway network to 2030.-VNA