The Southern Expressway Projects Management Unit (SEPMU) has urged Dong Nai Province to speed up site clearance to ensure the construction progress of the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway which runs through Long An and Dong Nai provinces and HCM City.
The Southern Expressway Projects Management Unit (SEPMU) has urged Dong Nai Province to speed up site clearance to ensure the construction progress of the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway which runs through Long An and Dong Nai provinces and HCM City.
“Slow site clearance has delayed the project, particularly in Nhon Trach and Long Thanh districts in Dong Nai,” Le Manh Hung, director of SEPMU under the Viet Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC), said.
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| The Phuoc Khanh Cable Stayed Bridge is part of the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway, running through Long An and Dong Nai provinces and HCM City. — Photo courtesy of the Vietnam Expressway Corporation |
Provincial agencies have also been asked to revoke fishing licences issued to households in the Thị Vải river area where part of the project is located.
In addition, agencies have been asked to deal with households that have not allowed the contractor to access the construction site and have demanded payment.
“The affected households are complaining about the compensation rate. They also demand that they should choose the resettled land lots instead of being based on a lucky draw.” he said. “They want their resettled land lots located at the front of streets in the resettlement area.”
In Nhơn Trạch, 56 households have not handed over land covering more than 20ha while in Long Thanh, more than 150 households have not given their land, covering nearly 8ha, according to Hùng.
A 27km-long section of the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway, which has a total length of 58km, runs through Đồng Nai Province.
The expressway connects Long An Province’s Ben Luc and Can Giuoc districts with Bình Chanh, Nha Be and Can Gio districts in HCM City; and Nhon Trach and Long Thanh districts in Dong Nai Province.
The road includes a total of 20km of bridges, including a 3km-long Bình Khánh Bridge that crosses the Soài Rạp River and a 3.2km-long Phước Khánh Bridge over the Lòng Tàu River.
With four lanes, the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway has two lanes for emergency stops and a speed limit of 100km per hour.
Started in July 2014, the first phase of the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway required VNĐ31.3 trillion (US$1.34 billion), sourced from the Asia Development Bank, the Japanese Government via the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA), and from the Vietnamese Government.
The project is expected to be completed by 2020.
The expressway is expected to ease transport between the southeastern region and the Mekong Delta without running through HCM City, thus helping to reduce traffic congestion on National Highway No 1A in HCM City and National Highway No 51 in Dong Nai Province.
The expressway would also connect the country’s expressway and highway networks with major seaports in the south such as Thi Vai-Cai Mep and Sao Mai-Ben Dinh, and the planned Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai.
It will also help ease traffic pressure and reduce the number of traffic accidents on National Highway No 1A and National Highway No 51 and at the same time reduce the travel time between Long An, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces.
Once put into operation, the expressway will be part of the Asian Highway linking Thailand’s Bangkok to Vietnam’s HCM City and Vung Tau via Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
(Source:VNS)
