City’s new flyover to get off ground in Tet
09-01-2013
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| The steel fl yover at Hang Xanh Roundabout is nearing completion as the bridge has get connected from both ends - Photo: Kinh Luan |
Building the work’s foundation will be carried out during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday when the traffic volume is low as the section regularly suffers traffic congestion, said Tat Thanh Cang, director of the department.
Deploying the project during the Tet holiday will not affect local travel demand whilst speeding up construction progress, Cang told the Daily after a meeting on the construction pace of steel overpasses in HCMC on Wednesday.
The overpass’s foundation will be complete when the Tet holiday wraps up while the construction of other components that does not affect the traffic flow will be implemented afterward.
The Lang Cha Ca steel overpass project is the third to be built in HCMC. It has a length of some 240 meters and a width of 6.5 meters, with two approach roads stretching 160 meters each.
The work is designed for motorbikes, cars of nine seats and below and buses traveling from Cong Hoa to Hoang Van Thu streets and vice versa. It is set for completion in the middle of this year with a total investment of nearly VND105 billion.
The two other flyovers in Hang Xanh and Thu Duc intersections whose construction have neared completion will be complete ahead of the Tet holiday.
Besides the three flyovers, the transport department is also considering developing one more steel flyover at Cay Go Roundabout, District 11.
