The new Dong Nai Bridge project whose completion time had been rescheduled to August could not be accomplished on time, and the contractor has now proposed an extension to November.
The new Dong Nai Bridge project whose completion time had been rescheduled to August could not be accomplished on time, and the contractor has now proposed an extension to November.
The Dong Nai Bridge Investment and Construction Joint-stock Company reported that 30 households located in the road section between Vung Tau Intersection and the old Dong Nai Bridge have declined to move, citing low compensation rates. In addition, eight other houses from the foot of the flyover to Vung Tau Intersection have not been dismantled.
Although the construction of toll booths for Dong Nai Bridge has been finished, the investor cannot start collecting toll fees because two approach roads have not been completed yet.
Under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract with the Ministry of Transport, the project to build the new Dong Nai Bridge in parallel with the existing one should have been fully completed by June 30.
However, the investor had proposed extending the deadline to August, but the new schedule has been missed again this time due to slow site clearance.
The investor has now given an assurance that work on the remaining works could be sped up to finish the project in November if land has been cleared by October.
Work on the project to build a new Dong Nai bridge and two approach roads invested by Construction Corporation No. 1 (CC1) started in June 2008 with total capital of VND1,877 billion. The main bridge was completed in 2009, and a steel overpass at Vung Tau Intersection was opened to traffic in mid-January this year, but other components are still under construction.
Traffic congestion usually occurs in the Dong Nai Bridge area due to the two narrow approach roads.
Since the HCMC-Long Thanh Expressway was opened to traffic in early 2014, traffic to Ba Ria-Vung Tau has shifted there, reducing traffic jams in the Dong Nai bridge area.
However, minor congestion may happen on holidays or weekends when vehicles from the North, Central and Central Highlands regions flock to HCMC.
(Source:SGT)
