Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City’s District 1. (Photo: VNA) The HCM City Department of Transport has sent the municipal People's Committee aproposal for expansion of the pedestrian street project in the downtown area.
The proposal also includes criteria for the management agency to consider whennew pedestrian streets are approved for opening.
This project will be carried out in three phases between 2022 and 2025.
During the first phase from 2022 and 2023, new pedestrian streets will beopened at the International Square roundabout, Pham Ngoc Thach street, Cong Xa Paris(from Le Duan street to Nguyen Du Srreet), Dong Khoi street (from Nguyen Du streetto Le Loi street), Le Loi Street (from Nguyen Hue street to Quach Thi Trangroundabout), Phan Chu Trinh street and Phan Boi Chau street.
Vehicles will be banned from passing through these streets during specifiedtimes.
Priority will be given to walking on Nguyen An Ninh and Luu Van Lang streets.Vehicles will be limited from traveling in and out of these streets.
During the second phase from 2023 and 2024, the city will expand the length ofpedestrian streets on weekends on Dong Khoi street (from Le Loi street to TonDuc Thang street), Le Loi street (from Nguyen Hue street to Dong Khoi street),Lam Son Square from Dong Khoi street to Hai Ba Trung street, Nguyen Thiep (fromNguyen Hue street to Dong Khoi street), Mac Thi Buoi street (from Nguyen Hue streetto Dong Khoi street) and Ngo Duc Ke street (from Nguyen Hue street to Dong Khoistreet).
Routes such as Dong Du street (from Dong Khoi street to Hai Ba Trung street), MacThi Buoi (Dong Khoi street to Hai Ba Trung street), Ho Huan Nghiep street, NgoDuc Ke street (from Dong Khoi street to Me Linh Square), Phan Van Dat street,and Ton Duc Thang (from Nguyen Hue street to Me Linh Square) will give priorityto walking. Vehicles will be limited from traveling in and out of thesestreets.
During the last phase between 2024 and 2025, weekend walking streets willinclude Ham Nghi street (from Ton Duc Thang to Quach Thi Trang roundabout).
Vehicles will be limited on Ton That Dam street (from Ham Nghi street to HuynhThuc Khang street), Thai Van Lung street and Thi Sach street.
Expansion of pedestrian streets is also part of the city's long-term goal ofreducing the number of cars entering the downtown area, improving the qualityof people's living environment, and promoting the development of tourism,commerce and services in the area where multiple historical relics andarchitectural works are located./.
VNA
