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Bac Giang – Lang Son highway opens to traffic

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung cut the ribbon to open the Bac Giang-Lang Son Highway to traffic on September 29.
Bac Giang – Lang Son highway opens to traffic ảnh 1Part of the Bac Giang - Lang Son highway (Photo: VNA)

Lang Son (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister TrinhDinh Dung cut the ribbon to open the Bac Giang-Lang Son Highway to traffic on September29.

Addressing the event, the Government leader lauded effortsmade by the Lang Son People’s Committee, the project’s management board, andother relevant agencies in overcoming difficulties to shorten the constructiontime of the highway.

He asked the agencies to speed up land clearing progress forthe completion of remaining supporting items before the end of this year.

Dung assigned the Ministry of Transport to coordinate withrelevant ministries, sectors and Lang Son authorities in preparing for theinvestment in the Huu Nghi – Chi Lang highway to fully launch the highway routethat runs from Hanoi through Bac Ninh, Bac Giang to Lang Son, ending at the HuuNghi border gate.

The Bac Giang-Lang Son Highway stretches 64km from theintersection with National Highway 1 in Mai Sao Commune, Chi Lang District of LangSon province to the National Highway 1 section crossing Hanoi – Bac Giang area.The road is 25m wide with designed speed of 100km per hour. It has four lanes andtwo emergency ones.

Thanks to the highway, travel time between Hanoi and Lang Sonnow reduces to 2.5 hours from the previous 3.5 hours.

The construction of the project, worth more than 12.18trillion VND (524.8 million USD), began in 2015. However, the then contractor’sweakness had led to the project lagging 2 years behind schedule. The newcontractor took over in June 2017./.
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