HCM CITY — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Sunday attended the groundbreaking ceremony in HCM City for three important road projects in the south: HCM City's Ring Road No.3, Khánh Hoà-Buôn Ma Thuột and Biên Hoà-Vũng Tàu expressways.The total length of the three projects is nearly 250km and the combined investment stands at VNĐ115 trillion (US$4.8 billion).HCM City's Ring Road No.3 is 76km long, passing through four localities including HCM City, Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, and Long An. The project is divided into eight components, with each province/city implementing two components including land clearance and construction.The preliminary total investment capital for the project is about VNĐ75.378 trillion ($3.2 billion) sourced from both the central and local budgets.Phan Văn Mãi, Chairman of HCM City People's Committee, pledged to the Government and the people to coordinate with relevant authorities to closely monitor the progress of the project to make sure the construction is completed in 2025 and put into operation from 2026.Once completed, the road will feature eight lanes for high-speed vehicles (maximum speed for cars set at 100 km/h, or 60km/h in urban areas).The Khánh Hoà-Buôn Ma Thuột expressway project has a total length of about 117.5 km and a total investment of nearly VNĐ22 trillion (nearly $935 million). The project is divided into three component projects, with Khánh Hoà Province, the Ministry of Transport and Đắk Lắk Province being the managing agencies.According to the plan, phase 1 of the Khánh Hoà-Buôn Ma Thuột expressway project will finish some sections with large traffic volumes in 2025, complete the entire route in 2026, and put the entire project into operation in 2027.Phase 1 of the Biên Hoà-Vũng Tàu expressway project has a total length of nearly 54 km. In phase 1, the project will be invested with a scale of 4-6 lanes for each section of the route, with a design speed of 100km/h. In the completion phase, the expressway will be expanded to have 6-8 lanes. The total investment capital for the project is VNĐ17.837 billion ($758 million).According to the proposed schedule, phase 1 of the expressway project will be basically completed in 2025 and the entire project put into operation in 2026.Addressing the ceremony, PM Chính said these were the three important transport projects that had received approval from the Politburo and the National Assembly, as well as support from the public, especially given that the amount of highways (in km) in the Central Highlands, Southeastern or Southwestern regions has not yet matched other regions in the country.The total length of highways under construction and those that have started construction by the end of June 2023 is 1,756 km.According to the PM, the particular feature of the three projects launched today is that they all apply special mechanisms, including enhancing decentralisation and delegation of authority, whereby local authorities are assigned as managing agencies to implement the projects.PM Chính urged the authorities to devise sound plans to carry out the projects efficiently and avoid corruption and waste.The People's Committees of provinces and cities must carry out land clearance and technical infrastructure relocation to ensure the handover of 100 per cent of the land area needed for the projects in the third quarter of 2023, or by December 31, 2023, at the latest, with special attention on providing the affected people with new housing, new jobs, and new living conditions that are at least equal to or better than their old ones.PM Chính requested and called on people who own land to support the State's undertakings and create favourable conditions for units and localities to implement the projects.— VNS (ICE HO CHI MINH CITY)

Fonte notizia: Vietnam News