Power cable on Long Thanh expressway parallel road was stolen

Ho Chi Minh City After 10 days of opening to traffic, many lamp posts on the highway's parallel route had their covers pried off and power cables stolen, causing the street lights to not work, causing unsafety at night.

A lamp post had its cover pried open and the power cable inside cut on the parallel route. Photo: Ha Giang

The area has many lamp posts with stolen cables at the intersection of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway and Highway 4, extending to Muong Kenh Bridge, Thu Duc City. This section is about 500 m long, with both sides being empty land, without houses. It is recorded that more than 10 lamp posts had their covers pried off and the cables inside were stolen.

A representative of T&T Traffic Construction Company Limited (the contractor) said the cable theft occurred a few days after the route opened to traffic on September 17. Because the contractor did not have replacement materials available, the electric poles with cut cables did not light up, posing a risk of safety at night. Currently, Thu Duc City Police are verifying and handling the case.

Street lights are not working due to stolen power cables. Photo: Ha Giang

Construction began in 2017, the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway parallel road is nearly 4 km long and 20 m wide, connecting Mai Chi Tho Avenue to Ring Road 2. Of which, the nearly 3 km section from Nguyen Thi Dinh Street to Do Xuan Hop Street opened to traffic first. The remaining part, which has no land and is stuck in procedures, will be completed in 2024.

Parallel route direction. Graphics: Khanh Hoang

Theft of equipment at infrastructure projects often occurs in Ho Chi Minh City. Last August, a series of water meters in the city center worth hundreds of millions of dong were stolen. Previously, more than 40 trash covers on Ba Son Bridge connecting District 1 with Thu Duc City, which had just been inaugurated, were also stolen. The Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway had many pieces of equipment stolen even though it was not yet completed.

Gia Minh

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