Building a New Phong Chau Bridge: Securing Safe and Efficient Transportation with an Additional 800 Billion VND Investment by 2025

Specifically, an additional 800 billion VND will be allocated from the central budget reserve for 2024 to the Ministry of Transport for the construction of the new Phong Chau Bridge.

Based on the above allocated capital, the Minister of Transport will arrange the supplementary capital from the central budget reserve for 2024 for the project, ensuring compliance with the Law on State Budget and relevant legal regulations.

Simultaneously, the Minister of Transport will direct relevant agencies and units to urgently finalize investment procedures and allocate capital plans in accordance with the Law on Public Investment and relevant sectoral legal regulations.

The Permanent Deputy Prime Minister mandates the completion of the new Phong Chau Bridge before December 31, 2025.

The Minister of Transport is responsible for directing, inspecting, and urging the acceleration of the project’s progress, ensuring that by December 31, 2025, at the latest, the project must be completed. He/she will also be accountable to the Government, the Prime Minister, and relevant agencies for the results of capital disbursement and project progress.

The head of the ministry will also be fully responsible to the Government, the Prime Minister, and relevant agencies for the content, data, and proposals, ensuring compliance with the Law on State Budget, Public Investment Law, and other pertinent legal regulations.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance, in accordance with their functions and tasks, are responsible for the content, data, and proposals; monitoring and guiding the Ministry of Transport in organizing the implementation and disbursement of the supplementary capital from the central budget reserve for 2024.

The deadline for utilizing and disbursing the supplementary central budget reserve capital for 2024 is December 31, 2025, in compliance with legal regulations. In the event of any remaining balance, the unused portion of the 2024 central budget reserve will be canceled.

According to a report by Phu Tho Province, the new Phong Chau Bridge is planned to be constructed at the location of the old Phong Chau Bridge (km18+300 on National Highway 32C).

Regarding the design scheme: The total length of the route is approximately 1,000 meters, including a bridge length of about 393 meters and an approach road and connection length of about 600 meters.

The bridge will be constructed using reinforced concrete and pre-stressed concrete, employing the balanced cantilever casting method… The total expected investment is approximately 865 billion VND.

Previously, on September 9, the Phong Chau Bridge, connecting Lam Thao and Tam Nong districts, suddenly collapsed, causing two spans to fall into the Hong River.

A temporary pontoon bridge was subsequently built to serve the immediate travel needs of the local population.