Construction begins on 13-km elevated road linking to Ma Da Bridge

Dong Nai City, in coordination with Dai Quang Minh Real Estate Investment JSC, broke ground on June 30 for Component Project 1, which covers the section from Ma Da Bridge to Ba Hao Junction under the public-private partnership (PPP) project to build a road connecting Ma Da Bridge with Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4.

Among those attending the groundbreaking ceremony were Vo Tan Duc, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai City Party Committee (CPC); Ho Van Ha, Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai City People's Committee; Nguyen Tan Hung, former Secretary of the former Binh Phuoc provincial Party Committee; Tran Tue Hien, former Chairwoman of the former Binh Phuoc provincial People's Committee; and Tran Tuyet Minh, former Vice Chairwoman of the former Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee.

Delegates press buttons to start the project. Photo: Pham Tung

Component Project 1, which stretches approximately 13 kilometers from Ma Da Bridge to Ba Hao Junction, has a total investment of around VND17 trillion.

According to Nguyen Hoang Tue, Deputy General Director of Truong Hai Group Corporation (THACO)  and General Director of Dai Quang Minh Real Estate Investment JSC, the project will comprise a 13-kilometer elevated viaduct with eight lanes and is scheduled for completion within 18 months.

Delegates attend the groundbreaking ceremony for Component Project 1, covering the section from Ma Da Bridge to Ba Hao Junction. Photo: Pham Tung

As the route passes through the Dong Nai Nature and Culture Reserve, the investor said it had adopted a cautious approach from the outset, consulting experts, scientists, government agencies, research institutes and universities to identify the optimal design solution while ensuring conservation objectives.

Ho Van Ha, Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai City People's Committee, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo: Pham Tung

Addressing the ceremony, Vice Chairman Ho Van Ha said Dong Nai simultaneously launched three major infrastructure projects on June 30. He said each project marked a step toward realizing the city's development aspirations in the new period and reflected the determination and consensus of the Party organization, local authorities and people of Dong Nai.

Nguyen Hoang Tue, Deputy General Director of THACO and General Director of Dai Quang Minh Real Estate Investment JSC, addresses the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo: Pham Tung

The road linking Ma Da Bridge with Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4, together with the Ma Da Bridge project, is of strategic importance to Dong Nai City's long-term spatial development strategy. Once completed, the projects will create a strategic transport corridor connecting the Northern and Southern parts of the city while establishing the shortest and fastest route from the Central Highlands to Dong Nai City, Long Thanh International Airport and the Cai Mep–Thi Vai deep-water port complex.

The corridor will open up new development space by improving connectivity between areas of Dong Nai and logistics centers, seaports and Long Thanh International Airport. It is also expected to link key growth poles, create fresh momentum for industrial, tourism and urban development, make more efficient use of land resources, attract investment and enhance Dong Nai City's competitiveness for decades to come.

Delegates pose for a commemorative photo at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo: Pham Tung

Ho Van Ha added that construction of the road linking Ma Da Bridge with Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4, together with the Ma Da Bridge Project, carries profound significance. The projects would implement the strategic development orientation set out by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, helping shape a new development space for the Southeast region in line with the Politburo's conclusions.

He said that the projects would fulfill the long-standing aspirations of local people by restoring transport links and facilitating travel and trade between the former Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc provinces, now the southern and northern parts of Dong Nai City. The projects also build on the vision of previous generations of leaders and deliver concrete outcomes based on agreements reached between the former Standing Boards of the Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc provincial Party Committees on expanding regional development connectivity.

By P. Tung – Translated by M.Nguyet, Thu Ha