Shorten 5 km expressway in HCM City – Long Thanh
From 10/1, An Phu to the segment intersections Ring 2 is put to use, cars from Saigon to speed up highway HCM City – Long Thanh 5 km shorter than before. The entire line of high-speed traffic will be before the Lunar New Year.
7/12 afternoon, Pham Hong Quang, deputy director of the Corporation for Investment and Development Vietnam Expressway (VEC) said, 4 km distance from An Phu (District 2) to the intersection Ring 2 (design speed of 80 km / h, 4 lanes wide by 26.5 m) of highway projects in HCM City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay will be in use 10/1 days.
Plans on the traffic at intersections An Phu area (District 2). Photo: VEC E.
Meanwhile, highway HCM City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay will be connected to the East – West (Mai Chi Tho), car not ring through the Dong Van Cong and Ring 2 as before. This will contribute to addressing overcrowding in the US Marine roundabout area (District 2), which reduced distance from the city center on highway 5 km than before.
On the progress of the remaining 31 km of highway HCM City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway representative said that the contractor has completed construction of 17 km, 14 km from the end of the progress achieved 80%. It is expected that the entire 55 km expressway will be opened to traffic on June 8/2 to timely serve the increasing demand of the people. “This is just the expected timeline, but certainly we will inform the entire car line before the Lunar New Year,” said Quang commitment.
After the entire highway is put into use, the ramp from HCMC to Vung Tau is only 95 km with a period of about one hour 20 minutes instead of 120 km and 2 hours and 30 minutes as before. At the same time, from Ho Chi Minh City travel Dau junction (Highway 1 and directions Lien Khuong) will be only 50 km to the time an hour instead of 70 km and takes 3 hours due to frequent traffic jams.
Started in 10/2009, highway HCM City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay nearly 55 km in length with the 4 lanes, design speed of 120 km / h and a total investment of 20,630 billion (borrowing from ADB, JICA and counterpart funds). The project is divided into two sections. Beginning from the intersection to Long Thanh Phu – Dong Nai – 23.9 km long traverse District 2, 9 (HCM); Nhon Trach and Long Thanh district (Dong Nai). The rest of Long Thanh to Dau Giay 31.1 km long traverse Long Thanh district; Cam and Reunification of Dong Nai province. The project is part of a system of highways North – South, located in the key economic triangle Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
