Ho Chi Minh City wants to build a series of roads connecting beltways and expressways

The city's transport sector proposed to invest 12,300 billion VND to open many roads and intersections connecting 6 highways and Ring Roads 3 and 4 to clear gateways and increase investment efficiency.

The content stated in the official dispatch has just been sent by the Department of Transport to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee after reviewing the current status and traffic connection needs with expressways and beltways in the area.

The planning of Ho Chi Minh City area includes 6 expressways and two belt roads 3 and 4, with a total length of about 628 km and a scale of 6-10 lanes. Of which, two expressways have been put into operation: Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay and Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong. The Ben Luc - Long Thanh and Belt Road 3 routes are under construction. The remaining projects have not been invested yet.

The Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway and National Highway 50 interchange in Binh Chanh District, one of the proposed locations for complete construction to create connectivity, March 2023. Photo: Thanh Tung

In the orientation of opening more connections with the above routes, the Department of Transport assessed that it is necessary to soon implement 8 projects with a capital demand of 12,300 billion VND. In particular, in the direction to the West, the two branches of Tan Tao - Cho Dem, Binh Thuan - Cho Dem connecting the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway are proposed to be opened to 8 lanes and make intersections for synchronous exploitation.

In the direction to the East, the city's transport sector also proposed adding an entrance and exit, connecting Long Phuoc Street, Thu Duc City via the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay route, parallel to the plan to expand this highway. The connection of the above routes is assessed to promote the economic and social development of the creative urban area in the East of the city.

Regarding the Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway, the Department of Transport also proposed to soon complete the investment in the intersection with the routes in the area, such as National Highway 50, Nguyen Van Tao, Rung Sac, to synchronize traffic connection, and effectively invest in the expressway. Particularly, Ring Road 3, the intersection connecting Phuoc Thien, Go Cong, Cat Lai - Phu Huu inter-port route, the new Northwest road, the extension of Vo Van Kiet route... are also proposed to be implemented.

In addition to the above projects, the Department of Transport proposed many projects connecting through the Ring Road 4 routes and the expressway that is about to be invested such as Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai, Ho Chi Minh City - Chon Thanh... To soon implement some urgent projects, in 2024, the capital demand for preparing documents to propose investment policies is about 500 million VND.

Gia Minh

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