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HCM City builds flyovers to deal with traffic congestion

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport on February 8 launched construction for two flyovers with combined investment of 746 billion VND (33 million USD) at two traffic congestion hotspots, one of which connects with Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
HCM City builds flyovers to deal with traffic congestion ảnh 1The ceremony that marks the start of construction of the two flyovers (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport on February 8launched construction for two flyovers with combined investment of 746 billionVND (33 million USD) at two traffic congestion hotspots, one of which connectswith Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

A Y-shapeflyover will be constructed at a cost of 242 billion VND (10.7 million USD) atthe junction of Truong Son-Tan Son Nhat-Binh Loi-outside belt road in Tan Binhdistrict, with one branch running to Tan Son Nhat airport’s internationalterminal and the other to the domestic terminal.

Truong SonStreet as well as streets to the airport will be upgraded with renewed lightsystems.

The other flyover,with an investment of 504 billion USD (22.2 million USD), is expected to helptackle traffic jams at the Nguyen Thai Son-Nguyen Kiem junction in Go Vapdistrict.

HCM City builds flyovers to deal with traffic congestion ảnh 2The graphic image of the N-shape bridge (Photo: VNA)

The steel N-shapebridge has three arms, with a 367m arm connecting Hoang Minh Giam and NguyenThai Son streets, the other 367 section arm turning north from Hoang Minh Giamstreet to Nguyen Kiem street, and the final 367m turning south from Nguyen ThaiSon street into Nguyen Kiem.

The two projectsare expected to be finished in six months.

Addressing thelaunching ceremony, Le Van Khoa, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’sCommittee, urged agencies to shorten the implementation time for the projectsby one third, but with high quality and labour safety.

He asked the TanBinh district People’s Committee and Transportation Department to focus on theprojects to deal with traffic congestion at Tan Son Nhat airport.

According to themunicipal Transportation Department, this year, the city will also speed up andstart various major traffic projects, including a road connecting Rach Chiecbridge and Binh Thai in District 9, the Belt Road 3 Tan Van-Nhon Trach and theexpansion of Highway 22 from An Suong intersection to Tay Ninh province.

The Ho Chi MinhCity-Long Thanh-Day Day Expressway project will also be sped up, along with thebuilding of a bridge in Binh Tien street and a road connecting Tran Quoc Honand Cong Hoa street.-VNA
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