Lao Dong Newspaper has a series of articles reflecting that the Lo Te - Rach Soi Expressway, with a total investment of 6,350 billion VND, has many damaged sections. Lao Dong reporters went to the field and recorded a series of potholes, potholes, deep water holes, and gravel scattered all over the road surface of this route.
The road is too bad, it is difficult for vehicles to move, it is difficult for passengers, and there is a potential risk of traffic accidents. Drivers and passengers complained, some said this was "the worst route in the West".
The expressway invested 6,350 billion VND, was only completed and put into operation for 3 years but is seriously damaged, which is difficult to accept. In October 2023, many damaged sections of this route appeared and were repaired by the construction unit.
Highways that are repaired in the form of patching and patching, the road surface is uneven, unsafe, unstable, and unsustainable. Therefore, just a few months later, many points on the route peeled back, subsided, forming many deep holes, potholes, and elephant holes.
This time it is not a patch, but an upgrade investment project with a total investment of about 750 billion VND, starting point after the intersection between Vam Cong bridge and National Highway 91 bypass in Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho city, The end point connects to the Rach Gia bypass in the southern coastal corridor, Kien Giang province. The investment scale includes asphalt concrete pavement and completion of the traffic safety system in compliance with national technical regulations.
I would like to ask, when building this expressway with a total investment of 6,350 billion VND, did it comply with the National Technical Regulations? If so, why was it damaged after only 3 years and had to be repaired many times?
My Thuan Project Management Board said that according to the signed contract, the completion time of the investment project to upgrade the road surface of Lo Te - Rach Soi route is the end of October 2025. So in more than a year, people will have high-quality expressways for convenient and safe travel.
People in the West have been waiting for the expressway for a long time, another year won't matter. What people are concerned about is this investment in upgrading, will the expressway be of good quality and stable, or will it be damaged again after a while like before.
More than six thousand billion dong was spent on road construction, but every time it was damaged, it had to be repaired, costing more money, and people were very sorry.
