Panoramic view of Dat Mui tourist area (photo: Ca Mau Cape National Park).

The Government Office has just sent an official dispatch to the Ministry of Construction and the People's Committee of Ca Mau province to convey the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on studying the investment plan for the expressway from Ca Mau city to Dat Mui.

Accordingly, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction to consider the proposal of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province, propose an investment plan for the expressway from Ca Mau city to Dat Mui (regarding the governing body, investment resources, investment progress, preliminary construction plan...) in accordance with the provisions of the law on roads, public investment and relevant legal provisions, and report to the Prime Minister before March 15, 2025.

In February 2025, the People's Committee of Ca Mau province issued Official Dispatch No. 1325/UBND - XD to the Prime Minister regarding investment procedures for the Ca Mau City - Dat Mui Expressway.

According to Mr. Pham Thanh Ngai, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province, the Ca Mau - Dat Mui expressway is a very large-scale project with complex technical solutions and very special characteristics among expressway projects in the Mekong Delta region, with most of the route passing through wetlands, mangrove forests, very weak and complex geological conditions, the route passing through many rivers, canals, and streams, with complex tidal and hydrological regimes.

Meanwhile, Ca Mau province has no experience in establishing investment procedures and managing investment in projects of similar scale and nature.

Therefore, to ensure the acceleration of investment procedure dossier preparation, facilitate the implementation process, and strive to start the project in 2025, the People's Committee of Ca Mau province requests the head of the Government to consider and assign the Ministry of Construction to perform the task of investment preparation, prepare dossiers for the investment proposal step (pre-feasibility study report), submit to competent authorities for consideration and decision on investment policy according to the provisions of the Law on Public Investment and relevant laws.

“The People's Committee of Ca Mau province will closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in the process of researching and proposing investment plans, assigning competent agencies to implement the project, and at the same time focus on preparing for site clearance and coordination work according to the authority and responsibility of the locality, ensuring the progress requirements of the project”, said the leader of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province.

Recently, the People's Committee of Ca Mau province has proactively reviewed the preliminary options including: low-level route (embankment); low-level route combined with viaduct; viaduct, with the corresponding site clearance costs of each option being about VND 2,283 billion, VND 2,046 billion and VND 1,689 billion.

“Initial research results show that the viaduct construction plan significantly saves on site clearance costs, creating favorable conditions for Ca Mau province in balancing and allocating local budgets to participate in the site clearance costs of the project,” the leader of the Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee analyzed.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/giao-dau-moi-nghien-cuu-phuong-an-dau-tu-cao-toc-tp-ca-mau---dat-mui-d251870.html