Unfinished for nearly 7 years
Since September 2018, the Da Nang - Quang Ngai Expressway (Km0+000 - Km139+204) has passed through 3 provinces and cities: Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai with a total investment of more than 34,000 billion VND, officially opening the entire route. The project is invested by Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC).
Although the expressway has been open to traffic for nearly 7 years, the Tri Binh - Dung Quat intersection, located in Binh Nguyen and Binh Chanh communes (Binh Son district, Quang Ngai province) is still unfinished and desolate. This is the last of the 8 intersections on the entire Da Nang - Quang Ngai expressway that have not been connected, despite being one of the most important intersections.
The intersection of Tri Binh - Dung Quat belongs to the A3 bidding package by Jiangsu Contractor (China). Bidding package A3 is 10.6 km long, with a total value of about VND 1,360 billion from the World Bank loan (WB). In November 2018, VEC admitted to the highway rotation with Tri Binh - Dung Quat port, which was subsided in excess of the permitted level. According to the plan, by June 2019, the contractor will overcome the subsidence, but so far the project is still "standing still".
Strive to complete within 6 months
According to the reporter's source, the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Construction) has received a written request from the People's Committee of Quang Ngai Province related to the Da Nang - Quang Ngai Expressway Project. The provincial People's Committee has sent a written request to VEC to resolve the remaining shortcomings such as: site clearance, investment in completing the intersection of Tri Binh - Dung Quat, soon implementing stops on the highway. However, so far has not been resolved. Quang Ngai province has asked the Ministry of Construction to direct VEC to implement soon.
According to VEC's report, in the recommendations of Quang Ngai province, there are still some outstanding issues that are being handled. VEC is directing consultants to complete the investment project adjustment dossier to submit to the Ministry of Construction for approval in March 2025, as a basis for implementing the remaining items of the project, including compensation, support and resettlement.
According to the report, the total cost of site clearance for the section passing through Quang Ngai province will be updated by VEC into the total adjusted investment of the project.
Regarding the investment in completing the intersection of Binh - Dung Quat, VEC will arrange capital, submit to the Ministry of Construction for approval in the investment project adjustment dossier, to continue the construction in the second quarter of 2025. It is expected that the project will be completed within 6 months (before December 2025), in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.
For the investment in the stations on the North - South highway in the East in general and the Da Nang - Quang Ngai highway in particular, the Ministry of Construction has approved the location, location, construction scale and direction. VEC will arrange investment capital, propose the form of investment stations and submit to the Ministry of Construction for approval in the investment project adjustment dossier for construction and completion in the second quarter of 2027.
