What is Long An preparing for the 3-bridge project on provincial road 827 connecting with Ho Chi Minh City and Tien Giang?

On October 24, Mr. Dang Hoang Tuan, Director of the Department of Transport, said that the Prime Minister had approved the project to build three bridges under the provincial road project 827E connecting Ho Chi Minh City - Long An - Tien Giang .

Specifically, including Can Giuoc, Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay bridges. The total investment is over 4,797 billion VND. Of which, Korean ODA loans are equivalent to 4,060 billion VND and counterpart funds are about 736 billion VND. All three bridges are expected to start construction by 2026.

Perspective of the bridge over Can Giuoc River.

Meanwhile, the approach roads at both ends of these three bridges will be separated into a separate project, using local budget capital, so the province will proactively carry out the work first. Currently, Long An is carrying out the counting and marking to start clearing the land from January 2025.

Accordingly, the project has a total length of nearly 11km, a scale of 4 lanes, with a total investment of about 1,433 billion VND. The Provincial Traffic Construction Project Management Board is completing the documents, expected to submit the project to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal in November 2024, organize contractor selection in July 2025 and start construction in September 2025.

Along with that, the cost of site clearance to build bridges and access roads to the three bridges above has a total investment of about 1,607 billion VND. Currently, it is being submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval and will pay compensation, site clearance, and resettlement support for people from January 2025.

Tan Tru District (Long An) is one of four localities where the project passes through, with a total length of over 7.6km through the communes of Duc Tan, Nhut Ninh, Tan Phuoc Tay and Tan Tru town. The starting point is from the Vam Co Dong River, the end point is from the Vam Co Tay River with more than 120 households affected by the project. The Department of Transport has completed the site clearance markers with a range of 60m, and handed them over to the locality.

According to Mr. Trinh Phuoc Trung, Chairman of Tan Tru District People's Committee, the locality has completed the inventory and statistics of land area and assets on land within the project's scope of influence. At the same time, the resettlement area in Binh Loi Quarter, Tan Tru Town, Tan Tru District has been determined with an area of ​​over 4 hectares, a total investment of nearly 125 billion VND, divided into 200 plots of land.

Department of Transport surveyed and marked the project site clearance in Tan Tru district.

Previously, the Prime Minister decided to approve the project to build three bridges under the provincial road project 827E connecting Ho Chi Minh City - Long An - Tien Giang. Accordingly, Can Giuoc bridge across Can Giuoc river has a scale of 6 lanes with a length of 1,975m, the approach road to the bridge is about 2,260m long, the asphalt concrete road surface is more than 22m wide.

The Dong Vam Co North Bridge across the Dong Vam Co River is built with a scale of 6 lanes and a length of 1,356m. The Tay Vam Co North Bridge across the Tay Vam Co River has a scale of 6 lanes and a length of 1,412m.

Total investment is over 4,797 billion VND. Of which, Korean ODA loan is equivalent to 4,060 billion VND and counterpart capital is about 736 billion VND.

Regarding the financial mechanism, the Korean ODA loan source, the central budget allocates 90%, the province borrows 10%; as for counterpart capital, the province balances 100% from the provincial budget.

Three bridges are expected to start construction in 2026.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/long-an-chuan-bi-gi-cho-du-an-3-cau-tren-duong-tinh-827-ket-noi-voi-tphcm-va-tien-giang-192241024151946827.htm