Cà Mau's provincial People's Committee has approved a project to build a road linking Quản lộ Phụng Hiệp, Vành đai 3, ĐT.985B and the coastal road at the Sông Đốc estuary, with total investment of nearly 3,000 billion VND from the state budget. The Cà Mau Transport Infrastructure Project Management Board is the investor. The route runs about 50 km in two sections: about 13 km of Vành đai 3, ending at the IC12 interchange onto the Cần Thơ–Cà Mau expressway, and about 36.9 km along ĐT.985B, from Võ Văn Kiệt road to the coastal road at the Ông Đốc river mouth. Authorities say the project will complete the regional road network and improve links to the North–South expressway, making travel and freight transport faster, more convenient and safer.
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Original headline: Cà Mau duyệt gần 3.000 tỷ làm đường nối cao tốc với cửa biển Sông Đốc
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