Slew of traffic infrastructure works on the cards around HCM City airport to ease congestion

HCM CITY — HCM City plans a number of traffic infrastructure works around Tân Sơn Nhất Airport to cope with the whopping  五0 million passengers it is expected to handle annually by  二0 二 三 when its T 三 terminal is completed.

Construction of the terminal will start in October  二0 二 一, and it will have a capacity of  二0 million passengers.

According to detailed planning approved by the city, a street with four to six lanes will be built to link Trần Quốc Hoàn Street with Cộng Hòa Street, Phan Thúc Duyện,  一 八E, C 二, and C 一 二.

Hoàng Hoa Thám and Thân Nhân Trung streets will be widened.

Flyovers will be built from Phan Thúc Duyện Street to Trần Quốc Hoàn Street and Thăng Long Street to near the Chảo Lửa football stadium to access terminal T 三.  

Trường Chinh Street, Tân Kỳ Tân Quý and Tân Sơn will also be upgraded and widened.

But Phan Công Bằng, deputy head of the city Department of Transport, said widening of Hoàng Hoa Thám, Cộng Hòa, Trường Chinh, and Tân Kỳ Tân Quý streets are behind schedule.

Work on the first two was approved in  二0 一 六, but has not started yet.  

According to the Management Board for Traffic Work Construction and Investment Project of HCM City, the widening of Hoàng Hoa Thám Street at a cost of VNĐ 二 五 四 billion (US$ 一0. 九 million) is expected to start this year and take only six months.

Most of the work has been delayed because of difficulties related to payment for land compensation.

The city administration has instructed relevant agencies to address these difficulties and speed up the work.

Under a  二0 一 六- 二0 plan to reduce congestion and accidents in areas around the airport, the city has built several flyovers and streets.

They include flyovers on Trường Sơn Street and at the intersection of Nguyễn Kiệm - Nguyễn Oanh - Phạm Văn Đồng - Nguyễn Thái Sơn streets, which constantly used to suffer from traffic jams.

Phạm Văn Đồng Street, running through the districts of Gò Vấp, Bình Thạnh and Thủ Đức and the artery connecting the city’s north-eastern areas with the centre, was built in  二0 一 三 to also help ease congestion near the airport.

Last year the number of passengers using the airport was nearly  四0 million, way above its designed capacity, and its surrounding areas struggled with constant congestion. — VNS