On March 8, 2023, the Ordos Public Resources Trading Center published the "Announcement of Candidates for Winning Bids for Investors in the S27 Hohhot-Ordos Expressway Investor Tender Section", and the publicity period is from March 8 to March 13. The "Notice" shows that Ordos City State-owned Assets Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. has obtained the qualification of the first investor of the project.

According to the bidding announcement, the starting point of the route of the project is set on the north side of the main bridge of the Yellow River Bridge, connecting with the end point of the S27 Hohhot section, and the end point is located 2.1 kilometers north of the G65 expressway grid top interchange, connecting with the G65 expressway.

The length of the project route is about 127.69 kilometers. Bridges and interchanges are initially set up along the entire line. At the same time, the management sub-center, service area, and maintenance work area will be constructed according to the standard of two-way four-lane expressway. The estimated total investment of the project is about 14.373 billion yuan. At present, the project is in various stages of preliminary work, and we strive to start construction as soon as possible.

After the completion of the S27 Hohhot-Ordos Expressway, it will provide a direct expressway with the shortest distance, the fastest time and the smoothest travel between Hohhot and Ordos. The two-hour access between Ordos, Hohhot, and Baotou has accelerated the circulation of resource elements between regions and the complementarity and mutual assistance between industries. The strong and active economic growth belt of the autonomous region is of great significance.Editor / He Yurong