Master plan improves HCM City transport

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for Ho Chi Minh City that calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonable prices, convenience and safety.
The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for Ho Chi Minh Citythat calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonableprices, convenience and safety.

The plan, which extendsto 2020, also requires improvements in logistics services and reducedenvironmental pollution caused by all means of transport.

Buses, taxis and urban railways would cover 20-25 percent of transport demand.

Under the plan, ports along the Sai Gon River downtown will bemoved, and several major seaports like Cat Lai, Nha Be and Hiep Phuocwill be built or upgraded.

The city will build five highways to adjacent provinces, together with three belt roads No 2, 3 and 4.

The plan calls for more than 34 bridges and one tunnel to be builtunder the Sai Gon River. An urban railway system will have 8routes and will be built mostly underground downtown.

A rapid bus system will be set up with six routes, and five sky-roads will be built at a length of 71km with four lanes.

Tan Son Nhat airport will be upgraded to a capacity of 23.5 millionpassengers and 600,000 tonnes of cargo by the end of this year.

Total land for transport infrastructure in HCM City by 2020will cover 22,305ha, or 22.3 percent of the city’s land fund.-VNA

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