Renovation of 4.8 km of Hanoi gateway road not completed after 15 years

TPO - The project was approved and implemented by Hanoi City from 2010 to 2013, but 15 years have passed, and the project to renovate and upgrade 4.8 km of National Highway 1, Ngoc Hoi - Van Dien section, is still under construction, causing dust, traffic jams and seriously affecting people's lives.

03/12/2025 | 10:30

TPO - The project was approved and implemented by Hanoi City from 2010 to 2013, but 15 years have passed, and the project to renovate and upgrade 4.8 km of National Highway 1, Ngoc Hoi - Van Dien section, is still under construction, causing dust, traffic jams and seriously affecting people's lives.

CLIP Construction site of upgrading National Highway 1, Ngoc Hoi - Van Dien section.

To reduce traffic congestion and avoid overloading the Phap Van - Cau Gie expressway during peak times in 2009, the Hanoi People's Committee approved the project to upgrade National Highway 1, Ngoc Hoi - Van Dien section, 4.8 km long.

The project will expand and upgrade the road surface of National Highway 1 from 2 to 4 lanes in each direction in the direction of Thuong Tin - Van Dien and was assigned to the Department of Transport, then from 2018, the Hanoi Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board took over and continued to implement with a budget of 887 billion VND. Photo of a section of the project completed on March 11, 2025.

However, up to now - after 15 years of implementation (12 years behind schedule), 70% of the project length has not been completed, the construction site is still messy and divided into many sections.

Currently, the road from Agricultural Hospital (Ngoc Hoi Commune, Thanh Tri) to Ngoc Hoi Cemetery, about 2km long, is under construction like this.

Some housing projects within the project area have not yet been cleared.

The project includes investment items, construction of new ditch systems, drainage culverts... but up to now the drainage culverts have not been completed, when it rains, the roadbed of National Highway 1 and the project area are flooded because the rainwater has no way to drain.

Traffic on National Highway 1A from Thuong Tin to Van Dien is often congested due to narrow roads and unfinished construction sites.

People in Ngoc Hoi commune, Thanh Tri are having to live and work on the project construction site.

Many families living along National Highway 1 where there has been a construction project for many years have no road to their homes, so they have had to build temporary embankments (red line) to get around.

Mr. Trong

Source: https://tienphong.vn/cai-tao-48-km-duong-cua-ngo-ha-noi-15-nam-chua-xong-post1724250.tpo