The Hanoi Department of Transport has just proposed to the City People's Committee to propose to the Government to enjoy special mechanisms in capital mobilization and investment preparation and construction of the project of 3 "super" bridges across the Red River: Tu Lien, Tran Hung Dao and Ngoc Hoi.

The City People's Committee has agreed to soon implement 3 bridge construction projects across the Red River with a total investment of more than 42,000 billion VND. Of which, Tu Lien Bridge is 19,900 billion VND, Tran Hung Dao Bridge is 8,600 billion VND and Ngoc Hoi Bridge is 11,700 billion VND.

The City People's Council has also approved the investment policy for the Tu Lien and Tran Hung Dao bridges, and the Ngoc Hoi bridge will be completed by the People's Committee after the Prime Minister approves the investment policy.

Tu Lien Bridge project and the roads at both ends of the bridge are expected to start construction on May 19, 2025 and be completed in April 2028.

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3D image of Tran Hung Dao bridge. Photo: Document

Tran Hung Dao Bridge is expected to start construction before September 30, 2025 and be completed in April 2028.

Regarding capital mobilization, the Department of Construction said that according to the city's policy, Tu Lien and Ngoc Hoi bridges will be implemented with public investment capital.

The Tran Hung Dao bridge project will study the form of capital mobilization as investment under the PPP BT contract method to reduce budget expenditure.

To facilitate and speed up construction, the Department proposes to allow investors to apply special mechanisms such as bidding; immediately carry out site clearance without waiting for completion of other procedures; shorten the time to collect opinions from organizations and individuals during the site clearance process; and at the same time commit to ensuring that if assigned to implement the project, the construction time will be shortened.

The Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board also said that to achieve the milestones, districts must strive to clear and hand over at least 50% of the site when starting the project, and complete 100% of the site in the second quarter of 2026.