Construction on Cam Lo-La Son Expressway to start

The Ministry of Transport announced that the construction on the Cam Lo-La Son section of the major North-South Expressway will start on September 1.

Cam Lo-La Son Expressway model

The Cam Lo-La Son Expressway section will be 98.35km long, of which over 37km will run through Quang Tri Province and 61km will run through Thua Thien-Hue Province. The expressway will have two lanes allowing maximum speeds of 80km/h. The total investment is estimated at nearly VND7.7trn which will come from government bonds.

Cam Lo-La Son Expressway will connect with Cao Bo-Mai Son Expressway that runs through Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh Province. It is expected to be completed in 2021 along with La Son-Tuy Loan section in order to create the Cam Lo-La Son-Tuy Loan route.

"The bidding must follow procedures and the contractors must be reviewed carefully to prevent weak contractors from the start," said Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The.

The Eastern North-South Expressway consists of 11 sub-projects. There are eight public-private partnership projects and three projects that use state budgets.