Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang answer questions before Congress

Answering the question on National Road 1 capital expansion, QL14, Minister Dinh La Thang said that the review of the project under the direction of the Government's regular job, not only for the project to expand National Road 1, QL14 that all projects. So, from 2011 to date, under the direction of the Government, the Ministry of Transport has reviewed 68 projects, reduce investment compared to the 57 242 initially planned billion. In that review investment stage fell more than 13 463 billion, check divergence scale technical standards 16 245 billion reduction, testing reinforced prolongation of bridge operators reduce 1,658 billion, choose the solution reasonable design, budget savings estimated at nearly 15 912 billion. Example Projects My Loi Bridge Construction, Co Chien Bridge has moved to design prestressed steel bridge, down a thousand billion, or a highway project in Ben Luc - Long Thanh also reduce 10,000 billion ... Moreover, the project is to accelerate the clearance should be cost-saving clearance, cost savings due to inflation shorten the construction period, interest expense savings projects BOT and save 5% for projects funded National Road 1 and QL14 government bonds, down about 9934 billion.