Construction work on a new elevated highway route through Vietnamese conurbation Ho Chi Minh City is commencing. The project involves building a 30.4km stretch of highway, Elevated Road No5, through the busy metropolis and is expected to cost US$785.25 million. The new four lane road will run above National Highway 1A, with the work forming part of a wider project intended to help reduce Ho Chi Minh City’s chronic congestion problems. In all the city’s road transport department plans to construct five of th
Construction work on a new elevated highway route through Vietnamese conurbation Ho Chi Minh City is commencing. The project involves building a 30.4km stretch of highway, Elevated Road No5, through the busy metropolis and is expected to cost US$785.25 million. The new four lane road will run above National Highway 1A, with the work forming part of a wider project intended to help reduce Ho Chi Minh City’s chronic congestion problems. In all the city’s road transport department plans to construct five of these elevated highways, with a $670 million link to the international airport also included in the programme of works.
The Elevated Road No5 route will provide a link between Tan Tao-Cho Dem junction in Binh Tan and Hanoi Highway in Thu Duc District. The project is being carried out in two phases, with the first expected to take two years to complete and the second planned to start in 2020. The project will be carried out under the build-operate-transfer model.
The Elevated Road No5 route will provide a link between Tan Tao-Cho Dem junction in Binh Tan and Hanoi Highway in Thu Duc District. The project is being carried out in two phases, with the first expected to take two years to complete and the second planned to start in 2020. The project will be carried out under the build-operate-transfer model.
