On the morning of January 29, at the end of Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway connecting to National Highway 30 and National Highway 1A in the territory of Tien Giang Province, thousands of cars lined up for a few kilometers long. Vehicles had to follow each other little by little because the number of vehicles in Trung Luong - My Thuan route and vice versa sharply increased.
The People's Committee of Tien Giang Province and Trung Luong - My Thuan BOT Joint Stock Company (Deo Ca Group) held the technical traffic opening ceremony of the Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway (the section through Tien Giang Province) at 9.30 a.m. on January 19.
The BOT Trung Luong – My Thuan Joint Stock Company has just sent an official letter to the Ministry of Transport and functional state agencies to report the Prime Minister about an opening ceremony of the technical traffic and inauguration for the main route of Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway.
Around 1,500 engineers, supervisors and workers are making all efforts to complete the construction progress of the Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway project expeditiously.
After missing the appointment on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, many people in Mekong Delta provinces expected that they would be able to travel on the Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway on the occasion of Liberation Day and Labor Day. However, according to the project investor, until the end of this year, the above expectation is likely to come true.
Although construction works are undergo, the Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway project is still in danger of being suspended due to shortage of necessary capital resources.
The People's Committee of Tien Giang province, BOT Trung Luong - My Thuan Joint Stock Company and the joint venture of investors yesterday signed an additional appendix for the construction contract of the first phase of Trung Luong - My Thuan expressway project under build-operate-transfer model.
