At the proposal of General Director of the Transport Engineering DesignInc Pham Huu Son, the project will be divided into two components toensure its feasibility and make it easy to clear the project sites anddeal with emerging issues.
The first component will widen an 11.7-km section from Thang LongBridge to the crossroads with national highway 2. The section will beenlarged to 29m and have six lanes, including four for big vehicles.
The remaining 5.5 km section, which connects Mai Dich ward in Cau Giaywith Thang Long Bridge , will also be expanded to 29m for six lanes inthe first phase.
In the second phase, this road section will be widened to between56-58m as approved by the municipal People’s Committee to accommodateincreasingly heavy traffic between inner Hanoi city and the airport.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao requested thecity’s concerned agencies to clean up illegal advertisement boards andupgrade the lighting system along the section by June to welcomevisitors during its 1,000 th anniversary celebrations./.