PM inspects Tuyên Quang-Phú Thọ expressway project

HÀ NỘI - Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on January 25 inspected the progress of a 40.2-km expressway project connecting the two northern provinces of Tuyên Quang and Phú Thọ, which is funded with the central and local budgets. In the first phase from 2020 to 2023, the expressway has four lanes, allowing vehicles to travel at a speed of 80km per hour. Once completed, it will help ease congestion on National Highway 2 and shorten travel time between Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang and Phú Thọ provinces with the northern key economic region and Hà Nội , while enhancing the efficiency of Nội Bài-Lào Cai expressway. He assigned Phú Thọ to make sure that the connection between the project and the Hà Nội-Lào Cai expressway is made comprehensively and properly. PM Chính assigned Deputy PM Trần Hồng Hà to monitor and direct the project, striving to complete its first phase before December 31.