More than 5,175 billion VND to start construction of Rach Mieu 2 bridge connecting Tien Giang and Ben Tre

This morning, Ben Tre province coordinated with the Ministry of Transport, Tien Giang province held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Rach Mieu 2 bridge. This is the second large-scale bridge spanning the Tien River connecting Tien Giang – Ben Tre.

Delegates press the button to start the project of Rach Mieu Bridge 2

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai said that the Mekong Delta region has a lot of potential, advantages and natural conditions, has a large area, rich land, abundant labor force. abundant, very convenient in developing high-quality agriculture and large-scale aquaculture.

The Deputy Prime Minister assessed that the transport infrastructure in the Mekong Delta is still a bottleneck, including National Highway 60. Since the Co Chien bridge was put into use, the traffic volume on National Highway 60 has increased dramatically, the current Rach Mieu bridge has become a traffic bottleneck, frequent traffic jams, especially at rush hours, not responding to traffic jams. meet the needs of socio-economic development of the provinces in the region.

The Deputy Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Transport to soon direct to speed up the progress, ensure the quality of the project as well as the inspection and supervision to promptly detect and proactively handle or propose the competent authorities to handle the problems. problems arise during project implementation.

Directing relevant units to organize scientific construction solutions, striving to shorten the project completion time compared to the plan (not to delay the schedule) to ensure quality, efficiency and absolute safety. .

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony of Rach Mieu Bridge 2

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Duy Lam said that the Rach Mieu 2 bridge construction investment project has a total length of about 17.6km, the size of 6 lanes (4 lanes for motor vehicles, 2 lanes for rudimentary vehicles); Design speed 80km/h. This is a public investment project with a total cost of over VND 5,175 billion from the central budget.

The construction location of Rach Mieu 2 bridge is about 3.8km upstream from the existing Rach Mieu bridge, the first point of intersection between National Highway 1 and provincial road 870 (Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province), the end point connects to the national highway. 60 at Ham Luong bridge road (Ben Tre city, Ben Tre province).

The investment and construction of Rach Mieu 2 bridge connecting Tien Giang province and Ben Tre province is consistent with the national road network planning and approved local planning.

Design Rach Mieu 2 bridge with a cost of more than 5,175 billion VND

Along with the projects of Rach Mieu bridge, Ham Luong bridge, Co Chien bridge, project to upgrade 4 sections of National Highway 60 from Rach Mieu bridge to Co Chien bridge, Investment project to build Rach Mieu 2 bridge connecting Tien Giang province and Ben Tre will be a very important “piece” to contribute to completing the existing traffic network, meeting the increasing transport demand on National Highway 60.

The project also contributes to promoting socio-economic development and strengthening national security of Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces and the Mekong Delta region in general; At the same time, it will help reduce the load on the existing Rach Mieu bridge, reduce congestion and traffic accidents. Shorten the traffic distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu…

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