PM attends inauguration ceremony of Love Bridge and Ha Long - Cam Pha coastal road

On Jan. 26, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the inauguration of Love Bridge and Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal road (first phase) in Quang Ninh province.

Love Bridge and its leading path has a total length of 4,265m, in which the steel arch bridge, measuring 290m in length and 33.1m in width, is designed to have six lanes with a speed limit of 60km per hour. The construction project also includes several accompanying components including intersections, sewers, sidewalks, trees, lighting systems and others. The total investment capital is over VND 2,100 billion. It aims to ease traffic load on Bai Chay Bridge.

Meanwhile, the Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal road has a length of 18.7km with six lanes, which has construction cost of 2.3 trillion VND sourced from the provincial budget. It is expected to expand the urban and tourism development space for Quang Ninh’s economic and tourism hubs of Ha Long and Cam Pha.

Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Nguyen Tuong Van, praised investors, constructors and relevant units for their constant efforts  to ensure the project progress and quality. He also appreciated departments and localities’ active and effective coordination and local people’s support during the implementation of the projects.

He also highlighted the importance of the operation of the Love Bridge and the coastal road connecting Ha Long city and Cam Pha city and the opening of the Van Don - Mong Cai expressway. These important projects contribute to forming a synchronous and modern transport infrastructure system, which stimulates Quang Ninh’s socio-economic development and regional and international cooperation.

Addressing the event, PM Chinh lauded Quang Ninh’s effective efforts in developing infrastructure system, which contributes to attracting more investors to the province and speeding up its economic restructuring towards a faster and more sustainable direction, turning its economic development from "brown" to "green".

Quang Ninh has also showed strong performance in re-organising administrative units with the merging of Hoanh Bo district and Ha Long city, as well as in fostering regional connectivity, he noted, adding that the implementation of strategic transport projects that connect Quang Ninh and the Red River delta, the north central region and China has helped promote economic development and improve the living conditions of local people.

Also on January 26, PM Chinh attended a ceremony to open Van Don-Mong Cai expressway to traffic. This is the final section of the 200km Hai Phong-Ha Long-Van Don-Mong Cai expressway route that runs along the province. One end of the section connects with Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway and the other links with the connection road of Bac Luan II Bridge in Mong Cai city.