Vinh City implements project to build new regulating lake

The Vinh City People's Committee has approved the investment project to build Nghi Phu and Nghi Duc regulating lakes and connecting canals from 2023. The project covers an area of 20.7 hectares, with a total investment of about 169 billion VND from the Vinh City budget. Of which, the cost of site clearance is 65.5 billion VND and the construction cost is about 86 billion VND.

Vinh - Cua Lo Avenue. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

The regulating lake will increase the ability to drain rainwater, limit flooding in the areas of wards: Ha Huy Tap, Nghi Phu, Nghi Duc, in accordance with the general planning of Vinh City in the period 2030 - 2050.

The project will complete the traffic network, canals, and drainage system, contributing to improving the lives of people in the expanded Vinh City area. The project includes a walking path around the lake about 1.7km long, 2m wide, with lighting and trees, creating an ecological space, improving the quality of life for people.

Recently, the investor, the Vinh City Investment and Construction Project Management Board, has prepared a report related to the above-mentioned regulating lake project. The regulating lake will be built on an area of 4.5 hectares, of which the water surface area is 4.25 hectares. The lake is leveled with a slope from North to South, with an average lake bottom level of 2.5 meters to match the lowest water level and ensure that no soil is exposed and no grass grows on the floating areas in the middle of the lake.

The reservoir capacity according to the calculation of the Vinh City drainage hydraulic model is ^115,000m3 . The maximum water level is 3.4m, the minimum water level is 2.29m, the lake bottom elevation is 2.5m. The lake has the function of collecting surface rainwater, preventing flooding in the rainy season for residential areas in Nghi Phu, Ha Huy Tap, Nghi Duc wards. In addition, a new double culvert will be built connecting to the canal through Hospital 115 to lead water through Nguyen Van To street to the regulating lake. A new single box culvert will be built to lead water from the canal through Nguyen Phi Y Lan street to the regulating lake. A new box culvert will be built to lead water from the 40m canal from Hung Dong ward through Quan Bau, Ha Huy Tap, Nghi Phu wards to the regulating lake.

The promenade around the lake will be about 1.7km long, 2m wide, with a lighting system, landscape decoration and trees. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.

Mr. Nguyen Sy Dieu - Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee said: The regulating lake project in Nghi Duc ward is an important project in the sustainable urban infrastructure development of Vinh city, contributing to improving the living environment and creating ecological space for the community.