Laos plans interlinked roads

The Laos Government is planning to build a network of six interlinked roads that will cost in the order of US$3.98 billion. The Laos Ministry of Public Works and Transport says that the network will comprise some existing roads that will be upgraded to meet Asean highway standards, as well as new road sections. In total this new network will measure some 2,374km long. One of the six new highways will be built using the routes of the existing Road No 7 and Road No R3, connecting the province of Bokeo and the
June 5, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The Laos Government is planning to build a network of six interlinked roads that will cost in the order of US$3.98 billion. The Laos Ministry of Public Works and Transport says that the network will comprise some existing roads that will be upgraded to meet Asean highway standards, as well as new road sections. In total this new network will measure some 2,374km long. One of the six new highways will be built using the routes of the existing Road No 7 and Road No R3, connecting the province of Bokeo and the Laos-China border. Another will be a highway linking Xayaboury's Ngeun district with the Laos-Vietnam border, while a third highway will use the route of Road No 8 from the province of Borikhamxay province to the Laos-Vietnam border. The fourth highway will be built along Road No 9, between the third Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in the province of Savannakhet and the Laos-Vietnam border. The fifth highway will follow the route of the existing Road No 13, heading north from Vientiane to the Laos-China border. Meanwhile the sixth highway will follow the route of the existing Road No 13, heading south from Vientiane to the Laos-Cambodia border.
Finance & Funding

Related Content

  • Contract for Zambia road project
    January 5, 2017
    The contract for a key road project in Zambia has been awarded, which will help improve its international connections. Worth US$210 million, the project involves upgrading the existing M3 route connecting Mwenda with Kashiba. The 98km road upgrade will help increase safety and capacity and will boost transport connections between Mwenda and Kashiba, both of which are in Zambia’s western Luapula Province, as well as with the Democratic Republic of Congo just over the border. Heading eastwards meanwhile, the
    Read More
  • Serbia’s pan-European Corridor X is in the slow lane
    October 23, 2017
    It’s been slow progress on Serbia’s Corridor X project. Gordon Feller reports. Back in the early 2000’s, the European Union undertook an ambitious programme to link the main cities of its south-eastern region. This involved connecting five key seaports – the Greek cities of Patras, Igoumenitsa, Piraeus and Thessaloniki as well as Romania’s Black Sea city of Constanta. Initially the plan involved two motorways across Greece. The first was a new 780km route including a branch to Ormenio on Greece’s north-eas
    Read More
  • New road links will cut congestion in St Petersburg
    June 20, 2016
    Road building will solve the problem of traffic jams in St Petersburg – Eugene Gerden writes The authorities in Russian city St Petersburg plan to solve the problem of traffic jams in the city during the next few years. The strategy is expected to be achieved through road building and the improvement of transport connections between different districts in the city. Implementation of these plans will take place as part of the decree 355 "Of the Strategy of St Petersburg Economic and Social Development
    Read More
  • Armenia north-south highway route
    October 9, 2017
    Plans are being drawn up in Armenia for the new North-South Highway project. Measuring some 556km in all, the project is expected to cost in excess of US$2 billion to construct, although there it is possible that the final pricetag will be somewhat higher. The country's Ministry of Transport says that the southern section of the highway between Artashat and Megri will cost $1.5 billion to build alone.
    Read More

Highlighted Content