According to planning, Ring Road 5 - the Capital region has a length of about 330km, has 4-6 expressway lanes, a minimum roadbed width of 22-33 m and has frontage roads on both sides.
The project has a total investment capital of about 85,000 billion VND, investment progress before 2030.
The route passes through the administrative boundaries of 8 provinces and cities including Hanoi (48km), Hoa Binh (35.4km), Ha Nam (35.3km), Thai Binh (28.5km), Hai Duong (52, 7km), Bac Giang (51.3km), Thai Nguyen (28.9km) and Vinh Phuc (51.5km).
Recently, the People's Committee of Bac Giang province sent an official dispatch to the Prime Minister proposing to pay attention to allocating central capital to deploy the construction of Ring Road 5 section through Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen provinces, investing before the year. 2030.
This province also proposed the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to give unanimous opinions on the planning scale of Ring Road 5 - Hanoi Capital Region, the section from Hanoi - Lang Son Expressway to Hanoi Expressway. - Thai Nguyen.
At the same time, allowing Bac Giang province to plan and invest in the construction of a Belt 5 collector road section about 3km long in Bac Giang province adjacent to Thai Nguyen province.
Regarding this issue, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Transport to issue a document before September 1, 2024 to guide the People's Committee of Bac Giang province in investing in the construction of Belt 5 - the region. Capital.
In the immediate future, it is recommended that the Ministry of Transport direct specialized agencies to pre-determine the center line and the scope of site clearance for the main route section as a basis for Bac Giang province to plan and invest in constructing frontage roads with local capital. .
During the period when Ring Road 5 has not been invested, Bac Giang province plans to plan and prepare to invest in Ring Road 5 in Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province from local capital to connect. with the line section built by Thai Nguyen province.
Previously, responding to the recommendation of the People's Committee of Ha Nam province related to investment in Ring Road 5, the Ministry of Transport said that according to the road network planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, Ring Road 5 through Ha Nam, nearly 36km long, with 6 expressway lanes, investment progress before 2030.
"The medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 allocated to the Ministry of Transport only meets the investment needs of a number of important and urgent highways and handles bottlenecks in 5 traffic specialties, so it cannot Arrange capital resources to deploy investment in Ring Road 5 in general and Ring Road 5 sections through Ha Nam province in the period 2021-2025" - said the Ministry of Transport.
In the coming time, the Ministry of Transport will coordinate closely with the People's Committee of Ha Nam province in mobilizing capital and researching investment plans to soon close the ring road in the province when resource conditions are available.