Three key projects in Ho Chi Minh City will start construction in 2024

Nguyen Khoi Bridge and Road, Chu Van An Road expansion, and Xuyen Tam Canal renovation are major projects that will start construction in 2024 to help reduce traffic congestion and pollution in the area.

With a total investment of more than VND 3,700 billion, the Nguyen Khoi bridge and road project connecting districts 7, 4 and 1 is the largest traffic project expected to start construction in 2024. The project has a total length of nearly 5 km, of which the bridge is about 2.5 km, 6.5-25.5 m wide; the road is more than 2.3 km long, 26.5-61.5 m wide.

The project starts from D1 Street (connecting Saigon University with Nguyen Van Linh Street and Him Lam residential area, District 7), then the main bridge over Te Canal goes above ground by overpass along Nguyen Khoi Street. The bridge continues to cross Ben Nghe Canal connecting to Vo Van Kiet Street, District 1, following two branches N7, N8. Other branches are also built synchronously connecting down to District 4.

Perspective of Nguyen Khoi bridge and street connecting districts 7, 4 and 1. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport

The project is expected to start construction at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024 and be completed after three years. When put into operation, the project will create a new road axis connecting South Saigon including districts 7, 8, 4, Nha Be through the central area, reducing congestion for Kenh Te bridge, Nguyen Huu Tho, Nguyen Van Cu, Duong Ba Trac streets and internal routes in District 4.

The second key project to be started this year is the upgrading and expansion of Chu Van An Street from Binh Hoa Intersection to Phan Chu Trinh Street, Binh Thanh District. With a total investment of more than VND1,000 billion, the 600m long road will be widened from 5-6m to 23m. The project is expected to start at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024 and be completed after one year.

Compared to before, the above project has decreased in scale including both length and width, but the total investment has increased by nearly 400 billion VND after updating the compensation and site clearance costs. Of the total capital, the estimated compensation cost accounts for nearly 982 billion VND (92%), to pay for 176 affected cases, including 7 households with complete clearance and 169 households with partial clearance.

It is expected that Binh Thanh District will complete the compensation work in the third quarter of 2024 to hand over the site to the construction unit. The completed expansion project will help remove the "bottleneck" that has caused congestion for many years in the area, making it easier for people to do business and trade...

Location of Chu Van An Street section to be expanded. Graphics: Dang Hieu

Also this year, Ho Chi Minh City will start the "big" project to renovate and build the infrastructure of Xuyen Tam canal - an inner-city canal with a total capital of more than 9,800 billion VND. This is the largest environmental and civil project implemented by the city this year.

Accordingly, the nearly 9 km long Xuyen Tam canal flowing through Binh Thanh and Go Vap districts is divided into two sections, including the main canal nearly 6.7 km long from Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal to Vam Thuat river and three branches longer than 2.2 km (Son bridge branch, Binh Trieu and Binh Loi). The project will dredge the canal bed to a depth of 3.5 m, 20-30 m wide, with a synchronous wastewater and rainwater collection system. Roads will be built on both banks, each with two lanes 6 m wide, sidewalks 3-4 m wide, along with parks, green areas; lighting system...

According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Anh Dung, Deputy Director of the HCM City Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Board (investor), of the two localities the canal passes through, the section through Go Vap district is expected to start construction first in August 2024, because the volume of site clearance is small. For the section through Binh Thanh district, it is expected that in April 2025, the locality will also hand over the entire site for construction to complete the entire project in 2028.

Xuyen Tam Canal section through Binh Thanh district seen from above. Photo: Quynh Tran

Xuyen Tam is one of the seriously polluted canals in Ho Chi Minh City for decades. When completed, the canal renovation project will not only help improve the environment, but also add two more roads along the side to open up more traffic connections and help urban development in the area.

In addition to starting new projects, in 2024 the city plans to complete 40 large projects and packages in the transport sector, such as the Tran Quoc Hoan - Cong Hoa connecting road (Tan Binh district), Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho underpass (District 7), Nam Ly bridge (Thu Duc city)...

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