Images of many items of Ho Chi Minh City's Ring Road 3 "shelved" for 2 months due to lack of sand

The Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project is currently in its crucial construction phases, but is facing a severe sand shortage, forcing many sections to temporarily halt operations for more than two months.

The Ring Road 3 project through Ho Chi Minh City requires approximately 9.3 million cubic meters of sand for embankment. However, in reality, construction sites only have about 0.4 million cubic meters of sand from commercial sources. This reserve is insufficient to meet the construction schedule.

Due to a shortage of sand, contractors have only been able to construct structural elements of the bridge such as bored piles and pier foundations.

According to observations by Dan Tri reporters at the Ring Road 3 construction site (the section passing through Long Thanh My ward, Thu Duc City), many sections of the project have been stalled for more than two months. The main expressway, as well as the service roads and parallel roads, have been delayed for months, awaiting sand pumping.

Representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Works Project Management Board (the investor - the Traffic Board) stated that the current supply of sand for embankment construction does not meet the needs of the Ring Road 3 project.

The main difficulty stems from the fact that provinces are prioritizing the supply of sand for local projects and the North-South expressway projects. There is currently no policy in place to provide sand for the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project.

About 1.4km away from the area where machinery and workers are busily constructing the bridge foundations and piers, the main road and parallel road sections of the project are in a state of waiting, with machinery temporarily suspended.

In areas where there is a shortage of sand for construction, many machines have been shut down for days, and workers on some sections have taken a temporary break because they cannot resume work.

The entire section of road has been excavated for organic matter, embankments have been built, and the wooden piles have been driven in to complete the work. Now, they are just waiting for sand to fill the foundation before continuing construction.

Due to a shortage of sand for embankment construction, many sections of Ring Road 3 have experienced intermittent construction.

This project is also facing land acquisition issues in some sections due to disagreements among residents regarding compensation prices.

A representative of the consortium of contractors - Dinh An Group Co., Ltd. - stated that the entire construction package 3 (3km long with two main components: bridge and parallel road, drainage system) requires approximately 200,000 cubic meters of sand for embankment.

The elevated section of the bridge is expected to be completed by October 2025. The construction site currently maintains 12 work teams with 152 workers and 43 engineers working daily.

In construction package No. 3 (area within Thu Duc City), the bridge and parallel road component of the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project has reached 14% of the total output. When completed, the Ring Road 3 bridge will connect four localities: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An .

Similarly, at construction package 8 of the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 through Hoc Mon district, only over 5% of the total output has been achieved. According to the contractor, progress has been slowed down due to a shortage of sand for construction.

Contractors here are focusing on accelerating the construction of the bridge sections at the TL9 overpass and the N8 bridge while waiting for sand to fill.

Meanwhile, in construction package 6, the section passing through Cu Chi district has reached nearly 20% of the total volume. This is one of the four main packages of the project that was implemented first and shares the same commencement date of June 18th.

The total length of construction package 6 through Cu Chi district is approximately 6.7km, including the expressway, bridges over rivers and canals, overpasses across roads, and underpasses under Provincial Road 15.

On April 1st, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting with ministries, departments, and localities, and directed the establishment of a task force to remove procedural obstacles and expedite the supply of sand for the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project.

Furthermore, the Deputy Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Transport and the localities (Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh , etc.) to promptly announce the results of the pilot project on using sea sand as road embankment material. The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction are responsible for reviewing and publishing the norms and unit prices of sea sand as a basis for localities to complete the procedures for assigning investors to exploit it. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is requested to report on the results of research and negotiations on importing construction sand and embankment sand from Cambodia.

According to Dan Tri/Photo: Hai Long

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