HCMC – To resolve material shortages for the 81-km Ca Mau-Dat Mui Expressway in the Mekong Delta, the governments of Can Tho City and Vinh Long, Dong Thap and An Giang provinces are taking measures to ensure sufficient supply of sand and other construction materials.
The VND58,000-billion almost is divided into two sections, namely Ca Mau-Cai Nuoc and Cai Nuoc-Dat Mui.
Ca Mau Province is lacking locally extracted sand, soil, and stones while the project has huge demand for those materials, at an estimated 26 million cubic meters of filling sand and 2.1 million cubic meters of concrete sand. To date, Can Tho City has licensed the extraction of 17.2 million cubic meters of sea sand, while other provinces are finalizing surveying and licensing of additional sand mines.
Meanwhile, Vinh Long Province has issued exploration permits and is finalizing survey documents for a sand mine with reserves of 1.5 million cubic meters. Dong Thap Province is working on the licensing of four sand mines with an expected capacity of 1.8 million cubic meters. An Giang Province has convened its licensing council for a mine totaling 0.931 million cubic meters.
Contractors have also urged local authorities to expedite administrative procedures to bring these sand and stone mines into operation. Additionally, they have requested the inclusion of two stone quarries in a HCMC area (formerly in Binh Duong Province) and a Khanh Hoa Province area (formerly in Ninh Thuan Province) to serve the project.
