Expressway project linking China and Thailand through Laos approved
The Lao government has approved a project to build an expressway running between Bokeo province and Boten town in Luang Namtha province, which will link China and Thailand through Laos.
Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao government has approved a project to build an expressway runningbetween Bokeo province and Boten town in Luang Namtha province, which will link China and Thailand throughLaos.
The 176.3 km expressway is expected to cost 3.8 billion USD.
The expressway will allow vehicles to travel at up to 80km per hour andcut travel time to just one hour and a half, the Vientiane Times reported.
Inaddition, surveys of the next three sections of the Laos-China Expressway,which is being built between Vientiane and Boten at the Chinese border in LuangNamtha province, have been completed.
The 440 km expressway comprises four sections. The first section between Vientianeand Vangvieng district in Vientiane province has been built and has put intooperation since the beginning of this year.
Surveys of sections 2, 3 and 4 have been completed and the cost for all the three sectionsis estimated at 6 billion USD.
Inthe south, the government has given the green light to the construction of theVientiane-Pakxe Expressway after feasibility studies on all sections have done.
Thisexpressway will comprise of five sections and run parallel to Road No 13 South.The first section is 126 km long connecting Vientiane and Pakxan districtin Borikhamxay province.
Theexpressway will link up with the planned Vientiane-Hanoi expressway, creating adirect connection between the Lao and Vietnamese capitals.
🐎 Oncethey are completed, these expressways will greatly reduce transportation timeand costs, facilitating the transport of goods between Laos and regionalcountries./.
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