Deputy Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể Chairs Design Review Meeting for National Highway 1 Expansion Project in Khanh Hoa Province
10 April 2014, 12:46 GMT+7
This morning (10 April), at the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport, Deputy Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể chaired a meeting to review the design of the National Highway 1 expansion project in Khanh Hoa Province, implemented in the form of Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) and funded by Government bonds.
Deputy Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể chairs the design review meeting for the National Highway 1 expansion project in Khanh Hoa Province
The section of National Highway 1 passing through Khanh Hoa Province currently has 4 projects with a total length of nearly 150 km, in which sections Km1374+525–Km1392+000, Km1405+000–Km1425+000 and Km1488+000–Km1525+000 are invested under the BOT model; and sections Km1392–Km1405, Km1425–Km1445 and Km1445–Km1488 are invested with Government bond capital.
According to the report on review, adjustment and supplementation of construction drawing designs for the National Highway 1 expansion projects in Khanh Hoa Province by Project Management Unit 7, for the National Highway 1 expansion section from Km1392–Km1405 and Km1425–Km1445, the Unit has submitted to the Ministry of Transport dossiers on adjusting such items as lowering elevations and adjusting the design of the approach roads to Hien Luong Bridge; adjusting culvert inlets and upgrading upstream channels of box culverts; adding retaining walls and strengthening longitudinal drains; and adding culverts on local roads.
For the investment and construction project to expand National Highway 1 from Km1445–Km1488, Project Management Unit 7 has also submitted to the Ministry of Transport dossiers on adjusting the following items: the distance between the existing Ru Ri bridge superstructure blocks and the new bridge; adjusting the design scale of the route section through Ru Ri Pass; adding slope strengthening works from Km1458+756.35 to Km1458+801.43; and adjusting the foundation construction solution for Lo Than Bridge.
For the investment and construction project to expand National Highway 1 in Khanh Hoa Province implemented under the BOT model, representatives of 194 Construction Investment Joint Stock Company and Deo Ca BOT Investment Joint Stock Company presented detailed reports on design adjustments for the Project.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể, together with leaders of the Planning and Investment Department, Public–Private Partnership Project Management Unit and Department for Construction Management and Quality of Transport Works, reviewed and reached consensus on the adjustments and supplements to the construction drawing designs for the National Highway 1 expansion projects in Khanh Hoa Province.
Regarding proposals by units implementing the National Highway 1 expansion project in Khanh Hoa Province related to bridges within the Project, the Deputy Minister requested that, for bridges located in urban areas, the bridge deck elevation must be equal to that of the existing bridges; for bridges outside urban areas where the annual water level is close to the bottom of the girders, the elevations must be adjusted and raised to comply with the approved Decision; and where hydrological data do not match reality, the units must conduct a review. In addition, the Deputy Minister requested the Department for Construction Management and Quality of Transport Works to take the lead, together with relevant units, in reviewing drainage culverts within the Project.
Also within the framework of the meeting, Deputy Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể provided specific instructions on each issue raised and proposed by the design consultants, BOT investors and Project Management Unit 7 regarding the Project.
