Hoang Mai District has the 4th largest area in Hanoi with 41km2, just after Long Bien, Ha Dong and Bac Tu Liem districts. Hoang Mai District has a population of over 700 thousand people, making it the most populous district in the capital. This makes transport infrastructure a vital issue for economic development, attracting investors to Hoang Mai.
Developing Southern Gateway Transport Infrastructure
If we compare the 3 criteria: traffic density (taking into account roads with a road width of ≥ 7.5m); the ratio of traffic land to construction land; traffic land area calculated per population in Appendix 2 issued with Resolution No. 1210/2016/UBTVQH13 on urban classification, many people will be surprised.
Therefore, according to the general planning project for the construction of the capital, the central urban areas are being expanded from the inner city to the western and southern districts. And in the south, Hoang Mai is located entirely within the boundaries of the expanded inner city area, so the city is paying attention to developing the transport infrastructure.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Hong Thai - Head of the Faculty of Transport - Economics (University of Transport): Hanoi is very interested in developing transportation in the southern gateway area. Regarding waterways, the city is focusing on renovating and upgrading Khuyen Luong port with an area of over 20 hectares, to ensure increased loading and unloading productivity that can reach over 1 million tons/year. Regarding inner-city transportation, there is an 8.7km long underground railway line along Tran Hung Dao - Tran Thanh Tong - Kim Nguu - Tam Trinh streets, with a total estimated investment of 40,570 billion VND.
Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Hong Thai said that recently the Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed the Government to approve the proposal of the Hanoi People's Committee on the investment project of urban railway line No. 3, Hanoi station - Hoang Mai section. The issue now is to quickly deploy inter-regional routes such as Ring Road 2.5 Minh Khai, Vinh Tuy, Yen Duyen route, Ring Road 3 to Khuyen Luong port and expand Truong Dinh route by 40m...
Key projects
Regarding the overall traffic problem, Hanoi plans to have 7 belt roads, of which Belt Road 5 has not yet been formed. Of the remaining belt roads (Belt Road 1; 2; 2.5; 3; 3.5; 4), Belt Road 3 has been completed, the rest are under construction or waiting for projects.
Beltway 2.5 is a supplementary route, connecting Beltways 2 and 3, passing through the Tay Ho Tay Urban Area - Nguyen Van Huyen - Trung Kinh - Dam Hong - Kim Dong - Linh Nam. This route was planned and invested by Hanoi City more than 10 years ago with a total estimated capital of more than ten thousand billion VND.
Many sections of this route have been built, such as the section through Tay Ho Tay Urban Area, the Hoang Quoc Viet - Cau Giay section, the Cau Giay Park - Trung Kinh section...
One of the biggest bottlenecks of this route is the construction of the section from Dam Hong to Giai Phong. The Ring Road 2.5 project through Hoang Mai district is about 7.1km long. This project is invested in the form of a BT (build-transfer) contract with a length of 2.06km, with a total investment of more than 1,300 billion VND, and after nearly 20 years, it has not been completed.
In addition, according to the plan, from 2025, Hanoi City will renovate and expand Hoang Dao Thuy Street, Khuong Dinh and Dinh Cong axes on this beltway.
After 14 years of implementation, by the end of 2023, Hoang Mai District authorities had completed site clearance (GPMB) for the last 14 households within the project scope. The investor, Hoang Ha Construction Company Limited, has completed 95% of the project volume, about 2.1km long, designed to be 40m wide, with a 7.5m wide sidewalk. The total investment is about 1,300 billion VND.
But up to now, construction machinery is still "shelved" waiting for the BT contract extension, while the Ring Road 2.5 tunnel project, which started construction in October 2022 with an investment of more than 770 billion VND, is ensuring completion in 2025. It is very likely that the Ring Road 2.5 tunnel project will "go behind and come back first" if the Road 2.5 construction project (section from Dam Hong to National Highway 1A) does not soon have its contract extended and construction is urgently started.
Meanwhile, Hoang Mai district is focusing on completing site clearance and construction of the 3.5km Tam Trinh road expansion, with an investment of more than 3,300 billion VND.
Hoang Mai District Party Secretary Nguyen Xuan Linh - Head of the District's Land Acquisition Steering Committee affirmed: "There are some issues regarding the mechanism and policies for the Tam Trinh road project, but Hoang Mai district is still determined to complete the land acquisition work by all means in 2024, we have no way back."
It is known that currently, Hoang Mai district has prepared relatively fully all 3 criteria: legal corridor, implementation human resources and basic capital. The most important issue at this time is to focus resources to carry out the steps according to the established schedule.
In the near future, Hoang Mai district will be like a "big construction site" when 6 important traffic projects of the city and the district are simultaneously implemented. These are the projects of the road north of Vinh Tuy industrial park; the road from Dong Tau to Giai Phong; Tam Trinh road; Minh Khai - Vinh Tuy - Yen Duyen project connecting the section from Ring Road 2.5 to Ring Road 3; Linh Nam road; the road from Road 2.5 to Hoang Van Thu Ward People's Committee.
In particular, the project to build route 2.5 (section from Dam Hong to National Highway 1A), Linh Nam route, Tam Trinh route are routes considered the "blood vessels" of Hoang Mai district and are receiving much attention from public opinion.
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/tap-trung-phat-trien-ha-tang-giao-thong-cua-ngo-phia-nam-ha-noi.html
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