HCM City accelerates key transport projects

Workers are busy on key transport projects in Ho Chi Minh City on the first days of the Lunar New Year in order to progress as scheduled.
Workers are busy on key transport projects in Ho Chi Minh City on thefirst days of the Lunar New Year in order to progress as scheduled.

Inthe baking sun during the southern springtime, engineers and workersare losing themselves in work at the Bong bridge construction site inDistrict 1 to speed up progress on the important project.

Apartfrom speeding up the progress, constructing units are required to ensuresafety while working and moving around the construction site.

Work started on February 6 on a replacement for the Kieu Bridge spanning the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe cannel.

Thenew bridge connecting District 1 to Phu Nhuan district will cost 115billion VND (5.4 million USD), helping ease traffic congestion in thearea.

They key transport project in the city’s crowded area is expected to be completed by the end of July.

HoChi Minh City is currently implementing a number of projects on the newconstruction or upgrade of old bridges such as Bong, Le Van Sy, Kieuand Hau Giang.

According to investors, the projects are all onschedule. All four bridges are expected to be open for traffic from themiddle of the year, catering the transport demands of local people.-VNA

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