The roads to Hoi An

Duy Phuoc Bridge (located on National Highway 14H) currently connecting Duy Xuyen and Hoi An City is now outdated compared to the development of this area. Photo: QT

When is it spacious?

Hoi An plays an important role in promoting regional connectivity, especially in tourism development. Because of its location, this is a locality belonging to the northern growth engine cluster of the province as well as located in the area with a chain of key coastal urban areas in the Central region. In recent years, foreign traffic in Hoi An has been promoted, meeting most of the development requirements in the new context.

Route DT603 (Da Nang - Hoi An coastal area) was upgraded about 20 years ago, which was the first movement to awaken the urban area once known as "retirement town".

The construction of Cua Dai Bridge and Cam Kim Bridge has helped Hoi An “break” the traffic separation with the south. Along with some provincial roads that have been upgraded in recent years such as DT607 or DT608 (two routes connecting Hoi An - Dien Ban - My Son), visitors from all directions to this heritage city have become much more convenient.

Although the roads are clear, they cannot be called spacious. After about 2 decades of investment, the DT603 route is starting to show signs of not keeping up with development. Currently, this route limits heavy trucks to serve the immediate needs of the people and tourism.

Two provincial roads connecting Dien Ban and Hoi An also face obstacles. Route DT607 to Hoi An has been narrowed (two-way road) due to difficulties in land clearance and there are also some unfinished sections due to land clearance problems.

Meanwhile, there is still a short section of DT608 that has not been cleared near Lai Nghi intersection (the border area between Dien Ban and Hoi An), creating a "bottleneck" that greatly affects traffic.

In particular, the opening of the new Cam Kim bridge has made Duy Phuoc bridge (also known as Ba Ngan bridge) even more outdated. The traffic demand between Duy Xuyen and Hoi An via National Highway 14H is currently very high, but Duy Phuoc bridge is only 3.5m wide, forcing vehicles to queue to avoid each other during rush hours.

Mr. Van Anh Tuan - Director of the Department of Transport said that the department strongly supports the idea of ​​upgrading Duy Phuoc Bridge on National Highway 14H. Previously, the authorities also considered including it in the list of climate change response projects in Hoi An City but encountered difficulties in funding. The department will make recommendations to the Ministry of Transport for this project. If the Ministry does not invest, it will propose using the provincial budget for investment.

It is known that the Duy Phuoc bridge project and the approach road are on the priority investment list according to the approved Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, so the Provincial People's Committee has requested the Department of Planning and Investment to study and advise the province to consider and arrange investment capital in the period 2026 - 2030.

Transportation for the future

According to the traffic planning orientation of Hoi An City from the general planning project of the city to 2035, with a vision to 2050, green transportation associated with ecological urban development is an important content.

Green transportation needs to be promoted in Hoi An. Photo: QT

In particular, Hoi An authorities have determined to organize multimodal gateways, complete the public transport system, build on the bicycle sharing project in Hoi An and expand the green transport network throughout the territory.

But that is a story of the future. Recently, despite efforts to set up parking lots at some gateways to the city center such as Thanh Ha pottery village, Nguyen Tat Thanh - Hai Ba Trung intersection... in conjunction with traffic diversion, gradually limiting heavy trucks from entering the center, during rush hours, traffic on inner-city routes is still very chaotic.

Architect Luong Ngoc Trung - planning expert, representative of the Consulting Joint Venture for the Hoi An City Master Plan Adjustment Project, said: "We have consulted on the establishment of two important green transport routes for Hoi An to shape tourism services as well as be compatible with the city's ecological urban development orientation.

In addition, the city's future bridge and wharf system will also have breakthroughs to expand multimodal traffic through new corridors to share pressure with the current traffic network.

For many years, green transportation in Hoi An has been focused on. With the sponsorship of international organizations, hundreds of bicycles creating a public bicycle sharing system were put into service for tourists and the community, which once caused a stir, and was even selected by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development to receive the “Global Urban Transport” award, but is gradually sinking into oblivion.

The project's goal of increasing the rate of bicycle traffic participants in Hoi An to 40% by 2025 is also quite far-fetched.

There is still a lot of work to do to make all roads to Hoi An more spacious and to "green" the inner-city traffic as expected...

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/nhung-neo-duong-ve-pho-hoi-3139356.html