Ho Chi Minh City focuses on infrastructure works in its southern part. (Photo: VNA)Ho Chi Minh City (VNS/VNA) — Ho Chi Minh City will continue toinvest in transport infrastructure in its south, according to a report by itstransport department.
The southern area is comprised of districts 7, Nhà Bè and Bình Chánh.
Tran Quang Lam, director of the Department of Transport told Sai Gon Giai Phong(Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper that Huynh Tan Phat and Le Van Luong streets inDistrict 7 would be upgraded and Nguyen Huu Tho Street widened from four lanesto six or eight.
Three bridges would be built to replace the decrepit Rach Dia, Long Kien and RachTom bridges.
This year the department plans to start construction of the Nguyen Khoai Bridgeover the Kenh Te canal to connect districts 4 and 7.
The bridge will cost 1.2 trillion VND (51.8 million USD).
It is expected to reduce congestion on the Kenh Te Bridge during peak hours.
The department also plans to upgrade National Highway No.50 between the cityand Long An province.
According to the department, the People’s Committee has approved 830 billion VNDfor building two tunnels at the Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho intersection.
The tunnels will have a length of 480m and width of 13.7m.
They are expected to ease the congestion at the intersection.
The city will also continue to solicit investment in and speed up proceduresfor public-private partnership (PPP) projects.
In the last decade the southern area has got many infrastructure projects, withthe city spending 115 trillion VND (4.9 billion USD) last year alone.
With development, the city hopes the southern area will ease the population burdenin the more central areas.–VNS/VNA
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