Can Tho to build embankment on Tra Noc River to prevent erosion

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to build an embankment to prevent erosion along the Tra Noc River at the Tra Noc Bridge – Xeo May Bridge section at an estimated cost of 531 billion VND (53.2 million USD).
Can Tho to build embankment on Tra Noc River to prevent erosion ảnh 1Houses along the Tra Noc River in Binh Thuy district’s Tra An ward damaged by erosion. (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) – The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to build anembankment to prevent erosion along the Tra Noc River at the Tra Noc Bridge – XeoMay Bridge section at an estimated cost of 531 billion VND (53.2 million USD).

Afterinspecting erosion that occurred recently along the river in Binh Thuydistrict’s Tra An ward on June 9, Nguyen Ngoc He, deputy chairman of the municipalPeople’s Committee, said the embankment should be built soon to safeguard localpeople and their property and infrastructure.

The work will comprise building a 1.1km embankment and pavements, plantingtrees and erecting lights.

The 122 families living along that stretch of the river will be relocated.

The place has suffered erosion five times since 2020, affecting 40 houses.

The city is undertaking a number of erosion prevention projects, including anembankment along the Cai Son Canal in Ninh Kieu and Binh Thuy districts andanother at the junction of the O Mon River and Rach Tra Canal in Thoi Lai district.

They will be 2.8km and 430m and cost 290 billion VND (12.7 million USD)and 49 billion VND (2.1 million).

Last month the city began building a 950m embankment on the right bank of the OMon River in O Mon district at a cost of 114.5 billion VND (4.96 million USD)./.
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