80-120 km / h! The vientiane sand bay of the southern Laos expressway is only 4 hours, and the design drawing is exposed

April 24, 2022, Lao media news.

The Vientiane Pakse Expressway, which the people of southern Laos are looking forward to, is ready to start construction.

Duan Chalin Development and Construction Company, after 10 years of efforts, finally showed the mobile phone video of the Bashan section in Vientiane.

【Road width】23 meters

【Design speed】80-120 km /h

【Starting Point】 450 Avenue Daraneng Dry Port Logistics Center

Road construction will now run parallel to Route 13

The completion of the project will shorten the current 8-10 hour journey from Vientiane to Pakse to 5+5 hours

Vientiane-Polycanse was shortened from 2.5 hours to 1 hour

Vientiane-Gammong Taqu reduced from 6 hours to 3 hours

The journey time in Vientiane-Savannakhet province has been reduced from 8 hours to 4 hours

【Project Background】2018 Information

The Lao Ministry of Public Works and Transport will represent the Lao government with four construction companies from Laos and China to sign a memorandum of understanding to operate the project in the near future.

It is about 578.6 kilometers long and the initial cost is estimated at about US$5.1 billion.

Partnership model: Adopt a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model

Project Name: Vientiane-Pakse Expressway Construction Project

Project Contents: A total length of 585 km, a width of 23 meters, including four lanes, each 3.5 meters wide

Contracted construction unit:

The Yunnan Sunshine Road Bridge is responsible for the 164-kilometer lot from Polykansai Province to Ganmeng Province

Duan Kallang Development Group Company is responsible for the 117 km bid section from Kamong to Savannakhet

Puxi Engineering is responsible for the 128 km lot from Savannakhet to the junction of Highway 15

China Road Bridge is responsible for the 82 km bid from Sala Bay to Champasek

　　March 17, 2021