Started on April 21, 2024, the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang border gate expressway has a total length of 60 km and an investment of over VND 11,000 billion, with a scale of 4 lanes. Stretching through 4 districts, cities and 16 communes of Lang Son province, this expressway directly connects with 3 international border gates: Huu Nghi, Coc Nam and Tan Thanh.
The starting point is at Km1+800 (National Highway 2.1 route) connecting with the road to Huu Nghi border gate (in Dong Dang town, Cao Loc district, Lang Son province); the end point is at Km44+749.67 (Bac Giang - Lang Son expressway route) in Mai Sao commune, Chi Lang district, Lang Son province. The project is the first section on the North - South expressway axis.
Another section of the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang project is the route connecting Tan Thanh border gate and Coc Nam border gate (connecting Huu Nghi - Chi Lang expressway with Dong Dang - Tra Linh expressway) 17 km long, with a scale of 02 lanes (14.5 m wide roadbed).
In order to achieve the goal of opening the route in 2025 and completing it in 2026, the project is currently focusing on 1,955 personnel and 683 machines and equipment, implementing the construction of 55 locomotives simultaneously. The construction output to date has reached 12.3% of the contract.
Since the groundbreaking ceremony, Lang Son province has handed over 49.9/59.87 km of ground (reaching 83.6%). According to the report of the Ministry of Construction, the land clearance has been implemented by Lang Son province urgently, but so far the project has not been completed to build resettlement, relocation, improvement of high voltage roads and handing over the entire ground to the investor.
On the entire Huu Nghi - Chi Lang route, there are a total of 38 bridges of all kinds across provincial roads and rivers and streams.
At the Km41+000 girder casting site, workers are implementing the casting of SuperT girders for 3 overpasses Km41+450, Km41+825, Km42+825 bridges under the EC03. According to the representative of DNDA, the girder casting work still ensures a plan of 20 films/month.
Mr. Tran Van Chuan, Deputy Director of the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang Expressway Project Management Board, said that contractors are currently focusing on mobilizing all human resources and equipment, implementing the spirit of "one site handover, urgently implementing construction as soon as possible".
Entering the night shift, at the construction site, many bulldozers, road rollers and trucks are operating to serve the construction of roadbed and dumping. Due to the large volume of excavated excavated areas, contractors are mobilizing maximum technical personnel and equipment to speed up the progress.
According to calculations, the Friendship - Chi Lang project needs 2.6 million m³ of stone, 13.8 million m³ of embankment and must be discharged 8.4 million m³. The People's Committee of Lang Son province has approved 43 dumping yards with a reserve of 4.4 million m³, lacking 4.0 million m³, DNDA with advice, the contractor is conducting a survey to propose additional dumping for the project. For the approved waste yards for the project, the DNDA proposed the local priority to the land clearance of urgent, completed and handed over in the first quarter of the first quarter of 2025.
A representative of DNDA said that contractors have mobilized additional machinery, equipment, and human resources to speed up the project's construction.
To meet the goal of completing the route by the end of 2025 according to the Prime Minister's direction, in the remaining 8 months with a large workload, it is determined that there needs to be determination and synchronous efforts from all relevant parties.
