Road No. 17B to Laos-Myanmar bridge deteriorating
A 70-kilometre section of Road No. 17B linking the Laos-Myanmar Friendship Bridge to Sing district town in Luang Namtha province remains unpaved after almost two years and is deteriorating. An official of the provincial Public Works and Transport Department Mr Chansamone Outamavong, told Vientiane Times on February 2 that the road’s surface, even though unpaved, was in reasonable condition when the bridge first opened in 2015. However, the 70-kilometre section of the road to the Laos-Myanmar bridge has now become quite bad, he said. No details were immediately available from Luang Namtha province as to when the 17B Road would be upgraded to asphalt or concrete, but he said high level authorities were planning to improve it in the near future.
