Ho Chi Minh City wants to build a series of roads connecting the belt and expressways越南文
Ho Chi Minh City wants to build a series of roads connecting the belt and expressways
The city's transport industry proposed to invest 12,300 billion VND to open many roads and intersections connecting 6 highways and Belts 3 and 4 to clear gateways and increase investment efficiency.
The content stated in the dispatch has just been sent by the Department of Transport to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City after reviewing the current status and need for traffic connection with highways and belt routes in the area.
Ho Chi Minh City area planning includes 6 highways and two ring roads 3 and 4, total length of about 628 km, scale of 6-10 lanes. Of these, two expressways have been put into operation: Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay and Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong. Ben Luc - Long Thanh and Ring Road 3 routes are under construction. The remaining projects have not yet been invested.
Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway intersection and National Highway 50, Binh Chanh district, one of the locations proposed to be completely built to create connections, March 2023. Photo: Thanh Tung
In the direction of opening more connections with the above routes, the Department of Transport assesses the need to soon deploy 8 projects with a capital need of 12,300 billion VND. In particular, in the direction of the West, two branches Tan Tao - Cho Dem, Binh Thuan - Cho Dem connecting Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway are proposed to open to 8 lanes and make intersections for synchronous exploitation.
In the direction of the East, the city's transportation industry also proposed adding an entrance and exit, connecting Long Phuoc Street, Thu Duc City via the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay route, in parallel with this expressway expansion plan. . The connection of the above routes is assessed to promote economic and social development of the creative urban area in the East of the city.
For Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway, the Department of Transport also recommends early investment in completing intersections with roads in the area, such as National Highway 50, Nguyen Van Tao Street, Rung Sac, to synchronize the connection. traffic connection, highway investment efficiency. Particularly, Ring Road 3, the intersection connecting Phuoc Thien and Go Cong roads, the Cat Lai - Phu Huu inter-port route , the new Northwestern road opening, extending the Vo Van Kiet route... are also proposed to be implemented.
In addition to the above projects, the Department of Transport proposes many projects connecting through Ring Road 4 routes and upcoming highways such as Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai, Ho Chi Minh City - Chon Thanh... To soon deploy a Number of urgent projects, in 2024 the capital need to serve the preparation of investment proposal documents is about 500 million VND.
