On December 1, the Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City sent a report to the Ho Chi Minh City Appraisal Council (by the Department of Planning and Investment as a standing agency) on the pre -feasibility study report of Can Gio Bridge Construction Investment Project in the Method of Public Private Partnership (PPP).

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Can Gio Bridge is more than VND 11,000 billion expected to be completed in 2028. Photo: Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City.

According to the report, Can Gio bridge connects Nha Be district with Can Gio district with a length of about 7.3km.

The first point of the project at the location is located on the 15B road according to the plan, about 500m from the canal canal to the north.

The end point of the project will connect to the Sac forest road at the process of Km2+100 (about 2.1km south of Binh Khanh ferry).

Schedule size 6 lanes (4 motor lanes and 2 mixed lanes), design speed of 60km/h.

In addition, the project will build a drainage system, auxiliary works including traffic safety systems; lighting lights, art lighting;

The total preliminary investment of the project is about 11,087 billion dong, using the city budget capital (about 5,246 billion dong) and the BOT capital of the investor (about 5,323 billion dong).

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Diagram of Can Gio bridge construction position. Photo: Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City.

The project will be divided into 3 component projects. In which, 2 component projects 1 and 2 are compensation, support, resettlement of Nha Be and Can Gio to use 100% of the state budget.

If approved, the Department of Transport is expected from here to 2024 is the time to prepare the project; compensation, support and resettlement will be implemented from 2024 - 2025.

In order to soon implement, the Department of Transport proposes the City People's Committee to consider and submit to the City People's Council for decision on the policy of construction of Can Gio Bridge.

Can Gio is located in the southeast of Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, this locality has no road directly connected to the city center. , tourism activities and limiting socio -economic development of Can Gio district.

The Department of Transport said that the construction of Can Gio bridge replaces Binh Khanh ferry, connecting Can Gio district with the city center as well as the surrounding areas is essential.

In addition, Can Gio district also has Can Gio Sea Tourism Urban Area project with a scale of 2,870ha approved by the Prime Minister and in the future, researching and building Can Gio international transit port with a scale of over 5 billion USD, so it is expected to have very large vehicles.

Can Gio Bridge Project is nearly 10,000 billion VND to start construction

Can Gio Bridge with a total investment of nearly VND 10,000 billion is in the list of key projects of Ho Chi Minh City, expected to be built in the period 2021 - 2026.