The Ministry of Transport has urged localities in the southeast region to speed up major transport projects by diversifying the sources of capital over the next five years.
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| HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway is expected to be widened to 10-12 lanes. The Ministry of Transport has urged localities in the southeast region to improve transport infrastructure over the next five years. |
The Ministry of Transport has urged localities in the southeast region to speed up major transport projects by diversifying the sources of capital over the next five years.
Speaking at a recent online meeting, Nguyen Van The, Minister of Transport, said: "A lack of regional connectivity and overloaded roads at major gateways remains an issue in the region."
The has urged localities in the region to speed up implementation of major projects in the region in the 2021-2025 period, with priority given to the expansion of HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay expressway, and construction of Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway, HCM City - Moc Bai, and Ring Roads 2 and 3.
Other projects include construction of the Long Thanh – Thu Thiem light railway connecting HCM City to the new Long Thanh airport, and the expansion of Provincial Road 25C from HCM City to Dong Nai province.
The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to allocate VND3.281 trillion in the 2021-2025 period to widen the HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway and its surrounding roads.
Tran Van Thi, director of the My Thuan Project Management Board, said that expansion of the expressway was urgently needed to ease overloading, especially when the Long Thanh international airport opens at the end of 2025.
He said that a 24km section of the expressway, connecting HCM City with Long Thanh international airport, should be implemented first.
He also asked the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Planning and Investment to allocate medium-term capital sources for the 2021-2025 period with priority given to the use of state budget or from official development assistance (ODA).
The southeast region, which accounts for 40 per cent of the country’s total budget revenue and 38 per cent GDP, is the focal economic region in Viet Nam, according to The.
It includes HCM City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Donng Nai, and Tay Ninh provinces. However, the region’s transport structure is far below the needs of its economic and social growth potential.
There are only two expressways in the region: the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay and HCM City-Trung Luong.
When the first phase of Long Thanh international airport in Dong Nai province opens slated for 2025, a new hub of the aviation industry will be formed in the region.
Experts said the region should focus on investment in traffic infrastructure to enhance linkages between the port, the international airport and industrial parks in the region to boost socio-economic development.
(Source: VNS)
