23 - 7 - 2020
Delegates performed the ground-breaking ceremony to kick off the construction project of renovating, upgrading, and expanding National Highway 80. Photo by: Hoang Nghiep
On the afternoon of June 3, at Bai Chit Hamlet, Duong Hoa Commune, Kien Luong District (Kien Giang), the Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board of Kien Giang Province held the ground-breaking ceremony of the project of renovation and lifting works to provide and expand National Highway 80 (intersection of Ba Hon town, Kien Luong district to NHN1 intersection, Ha Tien city).
The project has a length of 15.6km, the starting point is at Km 188+700 (Kien Luong district), and the endpoint is at Km 204+507.4 (Ha Tien city). Roadbed width 11m (road surface width 7m, curb 4m), load capacity 12 tons, allowed speed 60km/h; High-grade pavement structure A1 with hot asphalt concrete mat. This is a road traffic work level 4 delta. The total investment cost for the construction is 320 billion VND by the provincial budget, invested by the Department of Transport of Kien Giang province.
Ancillary works to renovate and supplement the drainage system along both sides of the route to ensure good drainage of the roadbed. The sluices across the road are reused, extended, and built 10 more sluices. The drainage ditch to the sea is 952m long, arranges a road signal system, renovate the degraded Ba Hon, Ta Xang, Cay Me, and Tam Ban bridge decks.
This project includes 2 bidding packages: package 1A (section Km 188+700 - Km 196+300) constructed by Truong Son 185 Joint Stock Company with a total value of 74 billion VND, contract execution time is 270 days and package 1B (section Km196+300 - Km 204+300) by the Joint Venture Company Limited and Construction 656 and Commercial Service Joint Stock Company 68, with a total value of the package is 82 billion on contract, the contract performance period is 270 days (from the date of handing over the site (May 29).
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Mr. Chau Hung Ky, Kien Giang Province Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, representative of the investor, said that the construction investment target is because the National Highway 80 route passing through Kien Luong district, Ha Tien city has been seriously degraded, this section crosses the hilly area, has a complex line plan, many consecutive curves.
“Currently, there is heavy traffic on this road. In order for the work to be completed soon, the Project Management Board also requested the local authorities of Kien Luong district and Ha Tien City to mobilize people (due to the lack of compensation for the project) to remove the roofs and fences, clear crops within the scope of construction, handing over the ground to facilitate construction contractors," said Mr. Ky.
Also according to Mr. Ky, communes with the route passing through coordinate with investors and construction units to solve difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process to facilitate the correct implementation of the progress, early acceptance, and put into official use.