Almost 3 km of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 2 in progress



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After three years of construction, the road connecting the Pham Van Dong route with the Go Dua intersection, in the Thu Duc district, is almost 3 km in progress due to unpaid costs, awaiting project adjustment.

This is one of four unfinished sections of the Ho Chi Minh City Ring 2 project, started in late 2017 with a total investment of more than 2.5 billion VND. In which, the cost of cleaning the site is 1,410 billion dong, divided into a separate project implemented by Thu Duc district. Van Phu Bac Ai Joint Stock Company invests an investment project in the form of BT (build – transfer).

Roadmap of Ring 2 route after closing.  Graphics: Thanh Huyen.

Roadmap of Ring 2 route after closing. Graphics: Bar suspension.

The project is 2.75 km long, 67 m wide, in the first phase parallel roads will be built on both sides, each side is 10.5 m wide by 6 lanes. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020, but about a year this year, construction will stop when it reaches almost 44% volume. At the construction site on November 28, all machines and workers were removed. In many sections, building materials pile up, concrete sections appear dimmed, weeds grow too large …

Because the project was discontinuedAccording to Tran Duc Thang, CEO of the Van Phu Bac Ai joint-stock company, the unit is waiting for Ho Chi Minh City to solve the problems to pay the expenses spent from 2017 until now. “Investors have advanced nearly 1.4 billion dong to pay for site cleanup and construction, but they have not been paid,” Thang said.

Also, the project is awaiting the implementation of some legal procedures to adjust the project due to the implementation of the conclusion of the State Audit. Specifically, the audit agency suggested that the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee consider and adjust the total investment of the project; update of objectives, financial data and inappropriate content of the BT contract …

Ring 2 project, section from Pham Van Dong street to Go Dua intersection, unfinished after 3 years of construction, on 11/28.  Photo: Gia Minh.

The stretch from Pham Van Dong Street to the Go Dua intersection, Ring 2 project cannot be completed after 3 years of construction, on November 28. Image: Gia minh.

The audit agency also suggested that the city complete the procedures for the land on the payment list signed in BT’s contract with the investor. This is to ensure the viability of the financial plan and reduce the cost of the project due to late payments that result in interest incurred.

Recently reported by the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Transportation said that the current difficulty in the project is that the two Departments of Natural Resources – Environment and Finance have not completed the review and drafting of documents so that the city Present them to the Prime Minister. agreement on land to be paid to investors under BT contracts. Therefore, the Department of Transportation proposed to accelerate.

The project still has problems when the progress of compensation and site cleanup is slow. Currently, the compensation payment is only about 79% and the transfer area is more than 74%.

To accelerate the progress of the implementation, the Department of Transportation proposed that the People’s Committee of the City instruct the Thu Duc district to urgently complete the cleanup of the site and hand it over to the investor. The Planning and Investments Department should soon advise the city on the legal procedures to adjust the project, negotiate with the investors to adjust the addendum to BT’s contract.

The grass is overgrown, iron and steel are in progress on the Ring 2 project, from Pham Van Dong Street to the Go Dua intersection, on November 28.  Photo: Gia Minh.

Grass grows too tall, iron and steel line from Pham Van Dong Street to Go Dua intersection on November 28. Image: Gia minh.

Belt 2 in Ho Chi Minh City is more than 64 km long, so far 50 km have been invested. In addition to the previous project, the unfinished part of this circular line is more than 11 km long, divided into three sections: Section 1 from Phu Huu Bridge to Hanoi Highway at Binh Thai (District 9 and Thu Duc) intersection, long 3.5 km; Section 2 from the Binh Thai Junction on the Hanoi Highway to Pham Van Dong Road at the Linh Dong Junction (Thu Duc District), 2.5 km long; Section 4 from National Highway 1 to Nguyen Van Linh Street (District 8, Binh Tan and Binh Chanh District) is 5.3 km long.

In which, paragraphs 1 and 2 are about to complete the paperwork pending the approval of the public investment policy with a total of 14.6 billion dong. In particular, paragraph 4 awaits the allocation of capital to complete the pre-feasibility study report.

Ring Road 2 starts at Nguyen Van Linh Street (Binh Chanh District) through Phu My Bridge (District 7), continues to Binh Thai intersection (District 9) and connects to Go Dua intersection ( Thu Duc district), the end point.Go to Highway 1 then travel through Nguyen Van Linh to form a loop around Ho Chi Minh City.

This road axis plays a particularly important role in diversification, reducing traffic pressure in the city center and increasing the connection of other ring roads that will soon be implemented, together with the Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau highway. Giay.

Gia minh

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