On November 18, Project Management Board 7 (Ministry of Transport) - the investor of the Van Phong - Nha Trang expressway component project, said it is conducting an open bidding to find an investor to implement the investment project to operate the Km334+900 rest stop project of the Van Phong - Nha Trang component project on the North - South expressway, East section.
According to the investor, the area for implementing the rest stop is arranged on both sides of the route at Km334+900 in Ninh Binh commune, Ninh Hoa town, with an area of about 78,500m2 (hilly land, site clearance has not been carried out).
The project will build facilities including parking lots, service houses; temporary rest rooms for drivers; resting spaces, information areas; dining and refreshment areas, product introduction and sales areas, and on-duty areas for rescue workers and first aid for traffic accidents.
Along with that is a fuel station, vehicle maintenance and repair workshop; transformer station, car wash area.
The overall progress of the project is expected to be about 12 months. The project exploitation period after completing the investment work is 25 years.
Before signing the contract, the competent authority will negotiate with the investor to shorten the implementation progress to strive for the successful completion of the rest stop project in sync with the expressway component projects when put into operation according to the direction of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Transport.
Previously, in October 2024, the Vietnam Expressway Administration (Ministry of Transport) issued a decision approving adjustments to some information on the investment project for the Km334+900 rest stop under the Van Phong - Nha Trang component project with an investment capital of more than 230 billion VND.
Of which, the investment cost for project implementation is nearly 200 billion VND and more than 30 billion VND is for compensation, support and resettlement costs. The project investment capital is 100% of the investor's capital; the capital mobilization plan includes equity capital and mobilization of other legal capital sources.
The Van Phong - Nha Trang Expressway is over 83km long, passing through Ninh Hoa town and 3 districts of Van Ninh, Khanh Vinh and Dien Khanh, Khanh Hoa province. The expressway has 4 lanes, is 17m wide and has a maximum speed of 90km/h. The project has a total investment of nearly 12,000 billion VND, is expected to be completed 6 months ahead of schedule and open to traffic before April 30, 2025.
