Plan to widen HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expy submitted to ministry

Vehicles travel on the HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway. Cuu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure has submitted an investment plan to widen the HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway to the Ministry of Transport – PHOTO: ANH QUAN

Cuu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure submitted an investment plan to widen the HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway to eight lanes from the current four lanes, with a total investment of some VND10 trillion, to the Ministry of Transport on December 10.

The plan is aimed at addressing the constant traffic congestion on the road on weekends and holidays, especially once the projected Long Thanh International Airport is in place.

The 2019 statistics indicated that the number of vehicles on a section of the expressway from Long Phuoc Ward of HCMC to the National Highway 51 reached 52,410 passenger car units (PCU) daily, while the number rose to some 57,000 PCU on holidays and weekends. Meanwhile, it was designed to serve 44,000 units per day.

The corporation said that the expansion of the expressway is an urgent and important mission, meeting the rise in travel demand and contributing to the socioeconomic development of the southeast region and the country.

As such, the corporation proposed the ministry approve the plan to expand the 24-kilometer An Phu-Long Thanh section running from Ba Dat Bridge in An Phu Ward of HCMC’s District 2 to an intersection with the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Expressway in Long Thanh District to eight lanes.

Besides, the project will also include the construction of Long Thang 2 Bridge on the same scale as the existing Long Thang bridge, the local media reported.